A bill in the Florida Senate is taking a look at how college and university leadership is selected. The legislation has advanced through the Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education and is now one step away from reaching the Senate floor.

A new Kansas law and a bill advancing in Florida enact policies backed by abortion opponents that critics see as moves toward giving embryos and fetuses the same rights as the women carrying them.

A 57-year-old woman was arrested after police found a “dead animal” inside of a bathroom at Orlando International Airport in December, according to News4JAX sister station WKMG.

Florida House of Representative Tom Leek defeated two challengers in the race for Senate District 7, which represents St. Johns, Putnam, Flagler and part of Volusia counties.

2024 primary election results for Florida Senate & Florida House races around northeast Florida

The major endorsements in the race for State Senate in Northeast Florida have been huge. They include former President Trump endorsing David Shoar while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has endorsed Tom Leek

Due to term limits, incumbent State Sen. Travis Hutson isn’t seeking re-election in District 7, which covers St. Johns, Putnam, Flagler and northern Volusia counties. Tom Leek won the Republican primary and will face Democrat George “T” Hill II in the general election in November.

On Tuesday at the RNC in Milwaukee, the incoming head of the Florida Senate called on former St. Johns County sheriff David Shoar to drop out of a Florida Senate race.

Tom Leek is a Republican running for an open seat against two other Republicans, including former St. Johns County Sheriff David Shoar and Gerry James. Democratic candidate George Hill and unaffiliated candidate Michael Gist are also in the race.

The Florida House has passed sweeping legislation that would overhaul the state’s property insurance system, which has struggled due to insolvencies, high costs and major storms.

5th Congressional District, represented by Democrat Al Lawson, being debated by state legislature and the governor.

The Florida House on Wednesday approved new legislative districts over the objections of Democrats, who anticipate legal challenges about minority representation and how the lines were drawn.

With a key lawmaker saying he recognizes that vaccine hesitancy is “real and understandable,” the Florida House on Wednesday approved a measure that would limit local emergency orders and make permanent Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order barring COVID-19 vaccine “passports.”

Blaming coronavirus-related delays, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Friday that data Florida lawmakers will use to redraw legislative and congressional boundaries won’t be delivered until September. The bureau had planned to start delivering census data to states on Friday and complete the rollout by March 31. In a blog post, James Whitehorne, chief of the bureau’s Redistricting and Voting Rights Data Office, wrote that COVID-19 delays have pushed back the timeline. The data is now expected to be released to all states at one time before Sept. 30. “We are acutely aware of the difficulties that this delayed delivery of the redistricting data will cause some states,” Whitehorn wrote.

Broward Health Medical Center began vaccinating frontline healthcare workers last week with the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine and are continuing to inoculate frontline caregivers with both of the vaccines after the arrival of the Moderna. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)A pair of legislative committees set up to review Florida’s response to the coronavirus pandemic will hold their first meetings next week. State Surgeon General Scott Rivkees is scheduled to address the Senate Select Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Response on Jan. 14. The Florida Department of Health has logged 1.39 million cases in the state since the pandemic started in March. State officials also have reported that 289,773 people in Florida had been vaccinated with either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine as of Tuesday.