A three-judge federal panel Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through the Legislature in 2022, saying opponents did not prove lawmakers acted with “racially discriminatory purpose.”

Voting-rights groups late Friday requested approval to revamp a federal lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of Florida’s new congressional redistricting plan.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed four bills between Leon and Miami-Dade counties.

Florida lawmakers are returning to the state's Capitol this week for a special session that will be focused on congressional redistricting.