State Targets H-1B Visas in University System
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida A push by Gov. Ron DeSantis for Florida universities to pause hiring international faculty…
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Lawmakers Target Local Climate Efforts
By Daniel C. Vock, The News Service of Florida A Senate committee on 5-3 party-line vote approved a Republican measure Tuesday that…
GOP Lawmakers OK Minimum Wage Change
By Jim Turner, The News Service of Florida Republican lawmakers are trying to revive an effort to create an exemption to the…
Undocumented Immigrant Truck Drivers Targeted
By The News Service of Florida Lawmakers started moving forward Tuesday with a proposal crafted in response to a deadly crash involving…
Vindman Launches U.S. Senate Bid
By The News Service of Florida Retired Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, who testified during the first impeachment of President Donald Trump,…
Lawmakers Look to Boost Campus Security
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida After a student last year killed two people and wounded five others at Florida…
Buchanan to Retire from Congress
By The News Service of Florida U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, a Republican who has served in Congress for two decades, announced Tuesday…
Albritton Hospitalized After Chest Pain
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, was hospitalized Sunday after experiencing chest pain, with emergency…
Revenue Estimates Up Amid Uncertainty
By Jim Turner, The Florida News Service With economic uncertainty “elevated,” state economists Friday increased general-revenue tax projections that lawmakers will use…
State to Consider Limiting Recently Expanded School of Hope Program
By Jay Waagmeester, The Florida Phoenix The state’s newly expanded charter school co-location program could be limited after the Florida Department of…
Angie Nixon to run for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate
By Mitch Perry, The Florida Phoenix Jacksonville state Rep. Angie Nixon announced Thursday that she is running for the Democratic nomination for…
State Backed in Pot Petitions Fight
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida Dealing a blow to supporters of a proposed recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment, an appeals court…