Jay Waagmeester | Florida Phoenix

Uthmeier filed a civil lawsuit against TikTok, asking a state trial court to declare the company a public nuisance for not complying with state law that requires parental consent for teens to use social media apps.

Florida’s overall state of child wellbeing did not improve in this year’s Kids Count Data Profile, although some segments including graduation rates\ and teen birth did see gains.

As of now, Tuesday was probably the last meeting of the 2024-2026 Florida Legislature, convened in special session to pass Gov. Ron DeSantis plan to slash property taxes.

The state owes nearly half a million dollars to a biologist fired after reposting on social media a statement critical of the late Charlie Kirk.

Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a subpoena to the Southern Poverty Law Center, his office announced Monday, alleging deceptive fundraising.

Gov. Ron DeSantis got to put the finishing touches on one of his 2026 legislative priorities Friday, signing a union-restricting bill that had been subject to intense debate in Florida’s Capitol.

Ken Jones, a member of the State University System Board of Governors and chair of the newly-created Task Force on Intercollegiate Athletics, said a student-owned trust fund for college athletes could be a driver for change in the multi-layered athletics environment.

After Florida lawmakers approved Gov. Ron DeSantis' redrawn congressional maps, advocacy groups across the state made clear their opposition and expectation of legal challenges.

Florida teachers’ average starting salary increased between 2025 and 2026, although not enough to improve Florida’s nationwide standing, according to data from the National Education Association.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a education package Monday evening that puts into law the main education policy priorities of the legislative session, including small private school zoning laws, installing portraits of presidents in schools, and cursive writing testing requirements.

Aspiring attorneys taking the Florida Bar exam for the first time in February passed at a rate 3% lower than last year’s winter administration of the exam.

The board governing Florida’s universities voted Thursday to remove sociology as a general education offering at the state’s public universities, leaving it available as an elective course.