News Service of Florida

Members of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus are asking state education officials to revise new African-American history standards that were approved last week.

DeSantis shrugged off recent reports about high faculty turnover at New College of Florida, as the governor and other conservative leaders have sought to remake the small liberal-arts school in Sarasota.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials made the announcement in St. Petersburg following comments from animal rights advocates.

The board approved changes to a rule to help carry out a controversial new law that expanded a prohibition on instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.

The National Weather Service on Tuesday said a lengthy and dangerous heat wave will continue in South Florida and other parts of the country.

The case centered on sanitation certificates that county health departments, which are overseen by the state Department of Health, issue to establishments.

It was centered around part of last year’s state budget which could have opened Medicaid providers to litigation if they didn’t pay a $15 minimum wage to “direct care” workers.

The guardian for Jacquelyn Faircloth went to the Supreme Court after an appeals court panel rejected a $28.6 million judgment.

Panels of the 2nd District Court of Appeal issued separate rulings in cases involving whether property owned by both authorities should receive tax exemptions.

One of the rules involves required online training for school librarians and other employees involved in selecting books for students; the other rule requires elementary schools to post online lists of reading materials.