News Service of Florida

The state Supreme Court on Thursday said a potential class-action lawsuit can move forward about whether the University of Florida should be required to refund money to students for services that were not provided during a COVID-19 campus shutdown in 2020.

An environmental group urged a federal appeals court to toss out a decision by the EPA that would allow using phosphogypsum, a radioactive byproduct of the phosphate industry, in a Polk County road project.

Florida is working with university leaders from five other Southern states to form a new higher-education accrediting body

If increases are approved for the 2025-2026 school year, they would be the first tuition hikes in more than a decade for out-of-state students

One of the more-contentious legislative sessions in recent history came to a close late Monday as lawmakers approved a $115.1 billion budget for next fiscal year.

Legislative leaders Friday finished negotiating details of a spending plan for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and set the stage for the House and Senate to vote on Monday.

A decades-old fight about possibly tearing down North Florida’s Rodman dam and restoring the Ocklawaha River is flaring again.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Cabinet on Tuesday approved spending nearly $118 million to conserve about 76,000 acres of land in North Florida.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected last-ditch appeals aimed at sparing convicted killer Anthony Wainwright, setting the stage for his execution Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison.