First District Court of Appeal

Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration diverted $10 million from a Medicaid settlement to the Hope Florida Foundation. Sen. Ashley Moody was attorney general at the time, and her office OK'd the settlement.

The retreat comes five days after the First District Court of Appeal denied Attorney General James Uthmeier's own emergency bid to block the same ad.

The court's five-page document explains a decision to place a stay on a ruling by Leon County Judge John Cooper, who said the governor overstepped his authority in the July 30 executive order.

Florida's First District Court of Appeal is deciding whether they should lift an order that blocked a state law requiring a 24-hour waiting period for...