Ryan Dailey - News Service of Florida

During a roughly two-hour hearing, Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker appeared to favor arguments by the plaintiffs’ lawyers that the measure targets speech that DeSantis and state leaders find objectionable.

Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. warned against schools making certain accommodations for transgender students.

Moms for Liberty and the Democratic Party held dueling weekend events at downtown Tampa hotels connected by a pedestrian bridge. The events came less than four months before Florida voters will decide high-stakes races, including battles for the governor’s mansion and a U.S. Senate seat.

The state has appealed a judge's ruling that would have set aside Florida's new abortion law.

A lawsuit seeks to block the law from taking effect Friday based on a privacy clause in the state Constitution.

The Duval Democratic Party condemned the ruling, but Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida will expand pro-life protections.

The law, which restricts the way race-related issues are taught, could affect Title IX training programs.

A federal judge is expected to decide this week whether to block a new state law that would restrict the way certain race-related concepts can be taught in public schools and in workplace training.

Two weeks after a deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday that will require mental health “crisis intervention” training for on-campus officers.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday directed Florida’s new education commissioner to ignore a plan that would have made Duval and other districts ineligible for part of a $200 million pot.