Nearly 50 inmates at Columbia Correctional Institution recently received their college diplomas after completing degrees inside the prison.

Law enforcement in Florida will officially be able to pull drivers over for texting while driving once a new law takes effect July 1.

Dog adoptions at the Alachua County Animal Shelter are on hold after six were euthanized.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill to create back-to-school and hurricane sales tax holidays, the latter of which starts at the end of this month.

"There was no manipulation, or anything," the governor said. "Nevertheless, those were intrusions."

People in The Keys and parts of Central Florida seemed to offer outsized shares of particularly bizarre behavior during April.

The business will return to its current location once a new building with apartments and other retail space is complete.

Meanwhile, the Gainesville City Commission today begins its own difficult budget process in earnest.

It appears ready to go into effect in October — presuming Gov. Ron DeSantis signs it — with police able to begin writing tickets for the primary offense in January.

A ban on fracking in Florida does not appear likely to pass this session.