The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met on Thursday for a Senate confirmation hearing to discuss appointments for different boards of trustees members across the state’s university system.  During the committee meeting, appointees were asked about their universities’ initiatives and their goals for joining or rejoining the university’s board […]

Florida’s abortion rates have dropped for the first time since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.  In 2024, abortions fell to 60,755, a 28% decrease from the 84,052 abortions that took place in 2023, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. This decline also comes […]

New identical bills filed by Rep. Mitch Rosenwald (D-Oakland Park) and Senator Rosalind Osgood (D-Tamarac) hope to help reduce mental health and substance abuse service disparities in the state’s minority communities.    HB 0469 and SB 542, which were filed last week, would, if passed, change the areas in which the […]

Results from the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress show that reading scores continue to decline in Florida schools. NAEP, or the Nation’s Report Card Assessments, says reading scores have decreased to their lowest levels in two decades, raising concerns for educators and officials about the Sunshine State’s literacy crisis. […]

A new immigration bill in Florida that outlines new restraints for those who are here in the state illegally will now take away in-state tuition for “Dreamer” college students. If this bill is signed into law, more than 6,500 “Dreamer” students will no longer be able to receive in-state tuition, […]