News Service of Florida
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The three-year contract includes a $490,000 base salary. Stephenson is slated to begin as president July 7, the day after Randy Avent steps down.
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Katie Wood, a transgender Hillsborough County teacher, challenged the state's restrictions on educators’ use of personal pronouns and titles in schools.
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The selections were whittled from a list of eight locations, which included Sarasota.
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The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas Monday in Florida was $3.51, up from $3.46 a week earlier and $3.48 a month earlier, according to AAA.
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Brundage filed the paperwork to run in House District 65, which is held by Rep. Karen Gonzalez Pittman, R-Tampa, according to the state Division of Elections website.
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A big-money battle between the university and its longtime conference is playing out in two states because the ACC is based in North Carolina.
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Disney asked for a 60-day extension in submitting an opening brief to “facilitate” negotiations. It said such negotiations were contemplated in a settlement the company reached last month with the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District in a state-court case.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a wide-ranging transportation package. Among other things, it prohibits state money from going into local public-transit advertising.
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The court issued an order scheduling the arguments for June 5 in the case, which is one of a series of similar class-action lawsuits filed against colleges in the state.
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One of the ballot initiatives would enshrine abortion rights in the Constitution and the other would authorize recreational marijuana for people ages 21 and older.