In a stunning turn of events, one day after a bill to reverse Key West's voter-approved cruise limits was declared 'dead,' Florida lawmakers found another way get the legislation through.

A bill to overturn Key West voters' decision to limit cruise ships is advancing in the Florida Legislature.

Florida asked a federal judge to immediately block the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order that's keeping cruises from operating, even as the agency continued meetings with cruise lines.

Senators Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Rick Scott of Florida jockeyed to advance their bill to overturn the cruise shutdown but Patty Murray of Washington objected.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is making good on his threat to sue the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the cruise shutdown.

As expected, members of the House of the Representatives introduced a bill to revoke the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's conditional sailing order and resume safe cruising from the US by July.

US Federal Maritime Commissioner Louis Sola has proposed that Port Canaveral be designated as a port where vaccines are made available to the crews of any cargo or cruise ships calling in Florida.

A bill to revoke the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's conditional sailing order and resume cruising from the US by July 4 was introduced Tuesday by three Republican members of Congress.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida is suing the US federal government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, demanding that cruises be allowed immediately.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lift the conditional sail order during a round table with cruise line leaders at Port Canaveral Friday.