Kate Payne - Associated Press/Report for America

The Florida Board of Education approved new standards, setting up textbook publishers and educators to implement them in the 2026-27 school year.

The board of a South Florida college is appealing a judge's ruling temporarily blocking officials from giving away a parcel of prime Miami real estate so it can be used for President Donald Trump's future presidential library.

The Smart & Safe Florida campaign says state elections officials are trying to improperly block the measure from getting on the ballot in 2026.

Some activists say the recent court rulings are strengthening their call to expand gun rights in the state and adding more pressure on legislators to clarify the legal landscape.

Eustis was inundated with 19.7 inches of rain, Mount Dora had 17.76 inches, while Port Saint John saw 15.57 inches, according to a 24-hour rainfall analysis by the National Weather Service.

A proposal to sell a city-owned golf course built on top of the burial grounds for enslaved people is sparking public outcry in Tallahassee.

It comes after an activist claimed officials at a local college violated Florida's Sunshine State law when they gifted the land to the state, which then voted to transfer it to the foundation.

Phoenix Ikner pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted first-degree murder in the shooting.

Officials announced that an operation carried out by local, state and federal partners resulted in more than 350 arrests in central Florida over the span of four days. Over the poast five months, more than 6,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally have been arrested.

Florida Decides Healthcare, which was trying to get the issue on the 2026 ballot, said the Legislature's new statute on ballot initiatives “deliberately undermined” its campaign.