Florida politics

After the former president was convicted for all 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York, Florida officials are reacting.

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona says he's been monitoring a series of state-law bills across the country that he says are "attacking" public schools. His visit to Miami came a day after state lawmakers voted to expand the law critics have labeled "Don't Say Gay".

Free speech advocates say new rules limiting demonstrations at the state capitol threaten the First Amendment rights of Floridians.

Florida Atlantic University's presidential search committee released a job description, but some faculty members worry Republican State Rep. Randy Fine could be tapped for the job.

The Miami-Dade County Commission hasn't increased its educational impact fees for nearly 30 years. As a result, Miami-Dade County students are missing out on millions in additional funding.

The school district forwarded the incidents to the Florida Commission on Ethics. In both cases, the affected individuals declined to file a formal complaint.

Fear. Worry. Dread. Shock. These are among the emotions expressed in a survey of LGBTQ parents in Florida on the impact of what they criticize as 'Don't Say Gay' law.

Florida International University (FIU) and Florida Atlantic University (FAU) have joined other public schools across the state in banning TikTok on campus. Once a tool to recruit students, state officials flagged the app over data privacy and national security concerns.

Plantation High School sophomore Eric Franzblau got involved in politics in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Now, he's helping organize students to protest the efforts to centralize the state's control over Florida's public education system.

Christian Ziegler, the new chair of the Republican Party of Florida, told the Florida Roundup that last November’s landslide victory served as a mandate for Gov. Ron DeSantis and the GOP to continue its conservative agenda.

The new Economic Prosperity and Education Coalition or EPEC was launched to oppose the policies of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled state legislature. The collective includes Equality Florida, United Teachers of Dade, the South Dade Branch of the NAACP and P.S. 305.

A wave of censorship is washing over Florida's public schools, as they grapple with new state laws and regulations that are increasing scrutiny over library books. In Broward County, one teacher says she's been told to close her classroom library.