A new Florida bill aims to make cursive writing mandatory in elementary schools during the 2025-2026 academic year, citing brain development and cultural heritage.

“You never think it’s going to happen to you the first time, you certainly never think it’s going to happen to you twice,” said Stephanie Horowitz, a 22-year-old graduate student at Florida State University.

Two people were killed and at least six people injured after a shooting on Florida State University's campus, authorities said.

Officials were working on “multiple crime scenes” at the Florida State campus and dealing with at least “hundreds” of witnesses, said Chief Lawrence E. Revell of the Tallahassee Police Department, the lead investigative agency.

FIU faculty said they are concerned that the agreement between university police and ICE will have a chilling effect throughout the student body, which includes more than 3,500 international students, according to the school’s website.

In a Communitywire.Miami survey of nearly 80 UM students, the vast majority said they do not file their income tax return on their own. And a large majority said they had yet to finish their income tax return with only two weeks left before the Tuesday, April 15, deadline.

Through hands-on activities, children from Miami-Dade elementary schools learned about the vastness of the ocean and the importance of its conservation from scientists, university students and faculty volunteers.

The police departments of at least three public universities in Florida including Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton are seeking agreements with the federal government to carry out immigration enforcement on campus.

As of April 10, the federal government has stripped more than 600 students of their visas across the country.

Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka says the proposal would not cut funding by half but instead return that money to districts through other sources. Many school district officials disagree with that characterization.