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Sun-Sentinel: Florida will help create 'less woke' college accrediting body, DeSantis says

WLRN: Gov. DeSantis unveils new higher ed accreditation panel to upend existing 'woke' system

Inside Higher Ed: 6 States Partner to Launch New Accreditor


FlaPol: Budget conference: House disses Casey DeSantis, includes none of her cancer research funding in budget


FlaPol: Budget conference: House, Senate disagree over $5M for Department of Lottery promotion


FlaPol: Budget conference: House and Senate split on funding for Gaming Control Commission


FlaPol: Budget conference: House, Senate deadlocked on whether to ax 150 vacant prison posts


FlaPol: Budget conference: House item nixes Miami-Dade College say in school anti-communism board


FlaPol: Budget conference: Lawmakers tighten leash on executive branch, add reporting requirements for allocations


FlaPol: Budget conference: House, Senate aligned on SLERS funding


FlaPol: Budget conference: House and Senate split over which local parks projects to fund


FlaPol: Budget conference: Cardrooms, horse racing tracks hit jackpot with tax savings


FlaPol: Budget conference: House Republicans finally land full repeal of Florida's jet fuel tax


FlaPol: Budget conference: Major hotel tax reform fails to advance


FlaPol: Budget conference: Budget heads agree to kill business rent tax, make back-to-school tax holiday permanent


FlaPol: Budget conference: Senate cuts offer for Florida's preeminent schools in half


FlaPol: Budget conference: Legislature nixes Hope Florida line operators, kills hires of new Navigators


FlaPol: Budget conference: House, Senate agree on $500M for emergency preparedness, response


FlaPol: Budget conference: No raises for Cabinet officials


FlaPol: Budget conference: Lawmakers agree on $352M for Gov. DeSantis’ roads plan


FlaPol: Budget conference: Senate supports $1 million for Gov. DeSantis’ America party


FlaPol: Budget conference: Chambers sign off on slashing 600 state Health Department positions


FlaPol: Budget conference: VISIT FLORIDA draws divide on nature, trail town marketing


FlaPol: Budget conference: House and Senate start $9M apart in budget proposals for Department of Management Services


FlaPol: Budget conference: House makes push to end emergency powers of regulating medical marijuana


FlaPol: Budget conference: Some $3M added to state justice measure to handle more immigration detainees


FlaPol: Budget conference: Senate offers to meet at $50M for Hometown Heroes amid haggling over housing


FlaPol: Budget conference: Ocklawaha River restoration project gets $15M


FlaPol: Budget conference: House proposes significant loan fund change for Schools of Hope


FlaPol: Budget conference: Bay of Pigs Museum and Library expansion gets $1M more in state funding


FlaPol: Budget conference: Manhattan Casino lands $1.05M


FlaPol: Budget conference: Can arts supporters finally have something to cheer about?


FlaPol: Budget conference: Amid controversy, legislators defund Casey DeSantis’ Hope Florida


FlaPol: Budget conference: Major sticking points remain in State Attorney silo, including potential job cuts


FlaPol: Budget conference: Town of Belleair road reconstruction project hosed


FlaPol: Budget conference: MOSH money likely to continue flowing for Genesis Project


FlaPol: Budget conference: House and Senate struggle to reach parks funding agreement


FlaPol: Budget conference: Chambers differ on funding public-to-classical school conversion in Miami-Dade


FlaPol: Budget conference: Lawmakers remain far apart on arts, culture spending as advocates urge support


FlaPol: Budget conference: Pinellas Schools ARK Innovation Center funding still at odds in budget process


FlaPol: Budget conference: Disaster funding keeps House, Senate TED budgets a half-billion apart


FlaPol: Budget conference: Chambers still at odds over Cuban, Italian Club funding


FlaPol: Budget conference: Law enforcement bonuses are back on the table


FlaPol: Budget conference: Northeast Florida Builders close in on priorities


FlaPol: Budget conference: Another DeSantis dis? House includes zilch for early detection cancer program


FlaPol: Budget conference: Funding closer for Flagler Hospital BRAVE program


FlaPol: Budget conference: Schools of Hope funding resurfaces in House budget offer


FlaPol: Budget conference: House proposes covering AP, IB, AICE credits with a categorical grant


FlaPol: Budget conference: House, Senate $63M apart on nursing home reimbursements


FlaPol: Budget conference: Senate and House both budget $5M for Fort Myers EOC


FlaPol: Budget conference: Senate, House divided on Sheriff's Youth Learning Center funding


FlaPol: Ben Albritton says bill to lower minimum wage is dead


FlaPol: After Officer Jason Raynor Act dies near finish line, its sponsors disagree on who killed it


FlaPol: Budget conference: Senate, House want $20M for Biscayne Bay, but differ on funding source


FlaPol: Budget conference: Senate, House miles apart on food bank funding


FlaPol: Budget conference: Lawmakers lock in more than $100M for citrus research


FlaPol: Budget conference: Chambers disconnect on free prison phone calls that cost taxpayers nothing


FlaPol: Budget conference: Holocaust museum funding divides House and Senate


FlaPol: Budget conference: Cuban, Italian Clubs poised to miss out


Herald: Chaos at Miami-Dade commission as officers drag out objector to new ICE jails agreement


Herald: Florida National Guard troops to offer security in Alligator Alcatraz starting next week


Herald: 'It's official': Miami cancels November election, postpones it to 2026


Sun-Sentinel: Florida soon to pay Dozier, Okeechobee reform school victims


Sentinel: Proposed Seminole toll road would cut through her dining room and his nursery


NBC 6: Miami commissioners vote to move elections to even years, despite AG's warning


Floridian: Patronis Mocks NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani as Adam Sandler's Zohan


Ocala Star-Banner: Attorney General Uthmeier launches investigation into City of Apalachicola's water crisis


DBNJ: Canadian who died in ICE custody co-owned Daytona Auto, convicted of drug trafficking


Times-Union: Losing lawsuit with government costs Jacksonville citizen-activist $134K


Bradenton Herald: 'Too much, too soon.' Manatee County officials deny 2 more housing projects


TCPalm: Martin County has eyes on nearly 3,000 acres for conservation


Ledger: Decade later, Polk couple worries same-sex marriage could vanish

AP: Canadian man held by immigration officials dies in South Florida federal facility, officials say

NYT: Canadian Citizen Dies at ICE Detention Center in Florida


Herald: She wanted to speak against an ICE deal with Miami-Dade. She ended up in jail instead


FlaPol: Cory Mills speaks out against same-sex marriage on anniversary of landmark court ruling


FlaPol: Rick Scott says he’s in the ‘same camp’ with Elon Musk against Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’


FlaPol: Watchdog group: Wealthy Republicans like Rick Scott, Vern Buchanan will reap bulk of benefits from tax bill


FlaPol: Florida defunds academic boycotts of Israel


FlaPol: Senate Democrats question ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ criticize plans for ‘makeshift prison camp’


FlaPol: Budget conference: Chambers concur on filling 5 more E-Verify positions


FlaPol: Budget conference: House agrees to add more Judges, boost funding for correctional programs


FlaPol: Budget conference: Legislature agrees on new funding model that could expand Schools of Hope


FlaPol: Budget conference: Lawmakers agree to cut 455 positions at DCF, most in mental health


FlaPol: Budget conference: Lawmakers agree on K-12 education budget as some schools brace for cuts


FlaPol: Budget conference: Lawmakers want to nix hundreds of DCF positions, but disagree on exact number


FlaPol: Budget conference: Dr. Phillips Center, Ruth Eckerd Hall get money for improvements


FlaPol: Budget conference: EduDwell Living attainable housing proposal in Sarasota dead


FlaPol: Budget conference: Lawmakers agree to rescind $400M from controversial reservoir project


FlaPol: Budget conference: No funding for FSU Election Law Center


FlaPol: Budget conference: Pinellas Science Center nabs $800K for ongoing reactivation efforts


FlaPol: Budget conference: People convicted of weed crimes could lose medical cards


FlaPol: Budget conference: Pinellas Science Center nabs $800K for ongoing reactivation efforts


FlaPol: Budget conference: Pulse Memorial gets $394K for Orlando


FlaPol: Budget conference: $1M cleared for Bay Harbor Islands bridge replacement project


FlaPol: Budget conference: A favorite program of Gov. DeSantis gets $25M investment


FlaPol: Budget conference: Hardee County to receive $10M for new government complex


FlaPol: Budget conference: $15M dedicated to laser-assisted mapping of Florida terrain


FlaPol: Budget conference: 5 Fort Lauderdale transportation infrastructure projects to get state funding


FlaPol: Budget conference: Budget negotiations kill funding for Black history preservation network


FlaPol: Budget conference: FSU lands several big construction projects in PECO


FlaPol: Budget conference: Senate agrees to direct $6M to controversial Schools of Hope


FlaPol: Budget conference: USF scoops up $31.5M in latest funded projects list


FlaPol: Budget conference: Hillsborough Community College lands $2.5M for new Plant City center, but it's half what they requested


FlaPol: Budget conference: Senate adopts House position on disaster funding for communities


FlaPol: Budget conference: Chambers gridlocked on Fort Lauderdale transportation infrastructure funding


FlaPol: Budget conference: Senate concurs with House on full funding for AP, IB and AICE courses


FlaPol: Budget conference: House, Senate agree on cuts to AG's Office, but some jobs may be spared


FlaPol: Budget conference: Chambers disagree on funding for contentious affordable housing project in Sweetwater


FlaPol: Budget conference: $1M locked in for Black history museum in St. Augustine


FlaPol: Budget conference: Senate and House $80M apart on higher ed preeminence funding


FlaPol: Budget conference: Chambers appear poised to help keep Orlando Museum of Art cool


FlaPol: Budget conference: How much should the state spend to protect Jewish students?


FlaPol: Budget conference: House and Senate have big voucher issues to navigate


FlaPol: Budget conference: House seeks reporting requirements on AHCA, and wants to hold back Shevaun Harris salary unless the agency complies


FlaPol: Budget conference: $13.5B set for Transportation Work Program


FlaPol: Budget conference: House, Senate back $3M for Space Florida


FlaPol: Budget conference: $25M for Ben Albritton-backed Hardee jail project up in the air


FlaPol: Budget conference: Senate push for Lottery advertising increase still a bust with House


FlaPol: Budget conference: House moves to Senate number on planned job cuts in Attorney General's Office


FlaPol: Budget conference: House appears to back off plans to chop 318 positions in State Attorneys' Offices

FlaPol: Budget conference: Lawmakers want to take hatchet to dozens of jobs in Attorney General's Office


FlaPol: Budget conference: House wants more for urban search and rescue, less for rural firefighters


FlaPol: Budget conference: State funding for Moffitt Cancer Center digitization upgrades at risk


FlaPol: Budget conference: House and Senate split on support for autism programs


FlaPol: Budget conference: House wants to cut law enforcement recruitment bonuses, among others


FlaPol: Budget conference: House snubs Hillsborough Sheriff, while Senate all but stiffs Pasco Sheriff


FlaPol: Budget conference: House backs $1.5 million for New College's Freedom Institute


FlaPol: Budget conference: Arts and culture funding still at odds


FlaPol: Budget conference: Elections Supervisors on track to get $2.5M to reimburse Special Election costs


FlaPol: Budget conference: Legislature agrees to boost My Safe Florida Home funding by $100M


FlaPol: Budget conference: Chambers remain apart on Orlando Pulse Memorial funding


FlaPol: Budget conference: Jacksonville Fairgrounds closer to next phase funding


Times: After Largo tornado, mobile home village residents pick up the pieces


Times: Immigrant raids at farms, work sites? Not the answer, businesses say


Sun-Sentinel: Miami-Dade deputy accused of kidnapping, domestic violence in Broward County


Sentinel: Suspended Osceola sheriff Marcos Lopez leaves jail after posting bond


Sun-Sentinel: Florida students show across-the-board growth on state math, reading tests


Sun-Sentinel: Driver's ed now mandated for Florida teens, but not lessons behind a wheel


WUSF: A Florida trooper raises concerns over the state budget


Sun-Sentinel: 'Betrayal': Donor yanks $1M from FIU over undocumented student tuition hike


Ocala Star-Banner: Man? Woman? Marion sheriff's office body search policy doesn't change


Ledger: Polk County elections office ends custom of outreach at Pride event in downtown Lakeland


DBNJ: Former NSB City Manager Ermalee Irene Beckham remembered for deep-rooted community legacy

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Sun Sentinel: Alexander Vindman, key witness in first Trump impeachment, may run for U.S. Senate in Florida

Sun Sentinel: Trumps drop 'Made in the USA' label for new phone and a debate ensues: How to define 'made'?

Sun Sentinel: Meet the Senate parliamentarian, the official tying Republicans in knots over their tax bill

Sun Sentinel: Louisiana is latest state to redefine natural gas — a planet-warming fossil fuel — as green energy

Sun Sentinel: US signs agreements with Guatemala and Honduras to take asylum seekers

Sun Sentinel: Native leaders blast construction of 'Alligator Alcatraz' on land they call sacred

Sun Sentinel: How carbon capture works and the debate about whether it's a future climate solution

Sun Sentinel: Florida soon to pay Dozier, Okeechobee reform school victims

Sun Sentinel: Former top aide to Jill Biden is subpoenaed by House Oversight panel

Sun Sentinel: Trump administration expands military's role at the border to the southern tip of Texas

Sun Sentinel: NYC Mayor Eric Adams kicks off reelection bid and casts Mamdani as having a 'silver spoon'

Sun Sentinel: 'A purpose in this world': Older adults fear elimination of program that helps them find work

Sun Sentinel: Longest-serving woman in Congress says she's not stopping anytime soon

Sun Sentinel: Senators diverge sharply on damage done by Iran strikes after classified briefing

Sun Sentinel: Kennedy's advisers endorse flu vaccines — except for a few targeted by antivaccine activists

Sun Sentinel: Supreme Court has 6 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

Sun Sentinel: Families and businesses are concerned about the effect of tariffs on youth sports

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