Senate Bill 1064 aims to help children who have been removed from a caregiver, be it a parent, a legal guardian or a foster home. Sponsored by Clay Yarborough, R-Jacksonville, SB 1064 was filed on Feb. 22 and it has a companion bill in the House, HB 107. The legislation […]

House Bill 1223 seeks to restrict the use of pronouns in Florida’s schools. The bill reads, “It shall be the policy of every K-12 education institution … that a person’s sex is an immutable biological trait and that it is false to ascribe to a person a pronoun that does […]

The Democratic Party of Florida could cease to exist if a proposed Senate bill gets approved. Filed by Republican Senator Blaise Ingoglia, SB 1248, also known as “The Ultimate Cancel Act,” would require the Florida Division of Elections to “immediately cancel to filings of a political party, to include its […]

Florida is just one of 15 states that do not require a parent’s permission to drop out of school at age 16. But that may be about to change, as legislation set to move through both chambers of the Legislature would raise the minimum age for dropping out of high […]

Robert Snyder, a high school athletic director at a Christian academy in Florida, says his school was not able to compete with other members of the Florida High School Athletic Association in 2017. He oversees athletics at a small private school and doesn’t have enough players to be able to […]

The Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok has been banned by Congress on all federal government devices. Numerous government representatives have voiced concerns about national security issues because of TikTok’s Chinese ownership. Legislators worry that TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, would provide the Chinese Communist Party with access to the information it gathers […]

Florida A&M University hopes to welcome at least two new faces to the Board of Trustees this year. After the recent passing of Trustee Thomas Dortch and the resignation of Trustee David Lawrence last year, there are two vacancies on the board that the university would like to see filled […]

Florida’s 2023 legislative session got underway Tuesday, and lawmakers wasted no time teeing up prospective legislation. More than one hundred bills from the House and Senate combined were filed. Some of the most controversial topics to be discussed during the 60-day session are women’s and LGBTQ+ rights. Activist groups like […]