News Service of Florida

Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas lauded the slain activist as a "champion of open civic discourse" who "reminds us that disagreement can and must remain peaceful, principled and constructive."

Over the past few weeks, subpoenas have been issued for witnesses to appear before the grand jury during the week of Oct. 13, according to news reports.

In his ruling, the judge wrote the law “does not evaluate the work to determine if it has any holistic value” and “does not specify what level of detail ‘describes sexual conduct.’”

Gov. Ron DeSantis made the statement during a news conference in Plant City to mark the start of sales tax exemptions through the end of the year on hunting, fishing and camping equipment.

David Pittman was convicted in the May 1990 murders of his wife’s parents in Mulberry.

Mosaic, a major player in the state’s phosphate industry, applied in early 2024 for approval to drill exploratory wells at sites in Mulberry and Bartow.

Gov. Ron DeSantis' response comes after Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd blamed Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem for his deputies receiving recruitment letters from the federal immigration agency.

Data posted on the Florida Department of Health website showed 1,201 reported deaths, up from 1,144 a week earlier.

The justices will discuss whether to take up the case during a Sept. 29 closed-door meeting.

The bill would have made a series of changes related to the Florida Board of Nursing’s approval and oversight of nursing education programs.