Garrett Shanley

Bill aims to undo 2022 secrecy law, curb political influence in university leadership picks and follows backlash over high-profile appointments like Ben Sasse at UF.

Florida’s public universities and colleges have just two weeks to turn over six years’ worth of records on staffing, research and grant funding as part of the first formal information request under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ newly mandated Department of Government Efficiency – a sweeping effort to identify “inefficiencies” in higher education.

A Florida appeals court in Tallahassee overturned a lower court ruling Wednesday that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration was too slow releasing public records about its controversial 2022 airlift of 48 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.

The University of Florida’s then-president, Ben Sasse, dished out over $1.3 million on private catering for lavish dinners, football tailgates and extravagant social functions.

A Lake City man is in jail Monday evening after he was accused of firing six shots at his ex-girlfriend and another person as they were driving on…

A youth soccer referee was in jail Thursday, fired from his day job at the University of Florida after police accused him of transmitting child…

A Gainesville man who was in jail Wednesday facing child pornography charges told police that he wasn’t to blame because he was hacked and may have a…

Gainesville Police arrested a man Thursday they said is responsible for a sensational armed robbery over the weekend at a fast-food restaurant where the…

A 22-year-old Marion County Sheriff’s Department deputy was placed on paid leave after he hit and killed a 63-year-old Gainesville cyclist with his patrol…

The Florida Treasury will invest an additional $25 million into Israel bonds, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis announced in a press release…