ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Florida’s first full weekend in phase 3 is underway after Governor Ron DeSantis gave businesses the green light to reopen on Friday.Some businesses are already taking advantage of the relaxed rules and adjusting to allow increased capacity.How much authority do local governments have to implement COVID-19 orders now that the state is in phase 3?
We asked News 6 legal analyst Steven Kramer.[TRENDING: Florida moves to phase 3 of coronavirus reopening | Missing 11-year-old girl from Apopka found | President Trump nominates Judge Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court]“When you get down to this issue between city and county rules versus state rules, state laws, and gubernatorial orders, you get into this issue of preemption,”.