News Service of Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis wasted little time declaring two Islamic groups, various foreign cartels, and an anti-fascism movement as terrorist organizations on the first day a new law allows the state to impose such designations.

The Florida Board of Education approved measures that will block undocumented students from attending state colleges and taking the General Educational Development test.

The Florida Department of Education is directing school districts to add artificial intelligence use to their internet safety policies. All districts already have an "Internet Safety" policy in place, and now the DOE is requiring districts to amend the policy to include AI.

Florida filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, on Monday, becoming the first state to do so amid claims its ChatGPT product aided acts of violence.

The Florida Department of Education on Tuesday unveiled a new high school U.S. history course eligible for college credit, designed as an alternative to the existing Advanced Placement course. The Florida Advanced Courses and Tests (FACT) U.S. history course will be available to students in districts that apply to offer the course through a pilot program as soon as this fall. Districts have until May 18 to sign up for the new pilot program. The statewide implementation of the new course is slated for 2027-2028 school year.

Florida will soon be able to legally designate groups as “domestic terrorist organizations” under a bill headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk.

As the scheduled end of the legislative session nears and committees are slated to stop meeting after Tuesday, some bills that had a fighting chance in January are now on life support.With less than two weeks remaining in the regular session, only 15 bills have been sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk.

With farmers caught shorthanded and with crops not ready for harvesting, a pair of winter storms at the beginning and end of January potentially inflicted more than $3.17 billion in losses to the state’s agricultural industry.

- A push by Gov. Ron DeSantis for Florida universities to pause hiring international faculty and staff members through what are known as H-1B visas moved forward Thursday.The state university system’s Board of Governors set up for final approval a proposed moratorium as part of rule changes involving powers and duties of university boards of trustees.