Jay Waagmeester | Florida Phoenix

He sees it as the best way to prepare for Amendment 3 property tax cuts.

Gov. Ron DeSantis for more than an hour Wednesday sat at a table with Miami leaders in front of TV cameras and advocated for the proposed constitutional amendment to increase homestead property tax exemptions.

Eleventh Circuit says they acted under administrative, not legislative, authority.

Attorney General James Uthmeier has not published an updated version of the manual.

The standards, which have not been updated since 2008, are undergoing public review. A stop on a “listening tour” for the standards is scheduled for the end of the month in Orange County.

About 10% of Black voters are undecided, Jolly said, with about 80% of siding with him. An NBC 6 poll shows Jolly with 76% of Black voters’ support and U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, a Black Republican, with 10%.

Florida and New Mexico were the two states that did not join an otherwise nationwide, $18 billion settlement earlier this year with Meta in response to allegations the company intentionally created and profited from developing for young users “addictive features.”

Florida university professors fear their students are spying on them and lament elimination of DEI from general education courses and canceled research grants.

The state’s suit must be dismissed because the 2024 law, HB 3, banning Floridians under age 14 from using social media apps is vague and infringes on the First Amendment, TikTok argued.

Some members of the Florida Board of Governors and other university leaders hope the Florida Legislature will backtrack on a last-minute policy that ties their budgets to a limit on out-of-state enrollment.

Two voting advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, challenging Florida’s new law requiring proof of citizenship to vote. The law passed the Legislature this year on a near-party-line vote and was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in April. It goes into effect Jan. 1.

In concert, state bodies governing public pre-K through Ph.D. students are implementing policies addressing safety and classroom use of artificial intelligence.