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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday to expand the armed “school guardian” program to Florida's colleges and universities.

Budget negotiations over education funding kicked off Tuesday, but the House and Senate remain at odds over major issues, including funding for universities and K-12 schools.

After earning her master’s degree in architecture from Florida International University in 2025, Alexandra Lacayo expected the next step to be clear: apply, interview, and begin her career. Instead, she found herself stuck in a cycle of applications and silence.

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.

When Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw last year embraced a plan to build a vocational high school on land near the long-shuttered county stockade, Hispanic activist Jorge Garrido believed his dream to train teens for well-paying jobs was within reach.

Months after the state’s auditor general found a "myriad of accountability challenges" with Florida’s K-12 school voucher system, the Legislature failed to pass a bill providing better oversight of the $4 billion program.

Company under examination by federal authorities for $6 million contract under former Miami-Dade schools chief, Alberto Carvalho, in Los Angeles school district had extensive ties to South Florida, WLRN found, and secured a key contract with the Miami-Dade County Public Schools district.

Last year, the state eliminated a tuition benefit that let students receive in-state tuition, regardless of their immigration status.

The proposal would mandate the use of ‘Judea and Samaria’ instead.

A proposal to further limit the amount of out-of-state and international students at some Florida universities continued to advance in the House on Tuesday.

DeSantis marked his final State of the State address kicking off Florida's 2026 legislative session talking about illegal immigration, election integrity and more.

Florida lawmakers next week will start the 2026 legislative session. With hundreds of bills filed for consideration during the session.