Critics of the Florida Standards Assessment came out in full force to voice their distaste for the statewide education standards at the State Board of Education meeting Wednesday in Orlando.
The Republican-controlled state Senate narrowly approved a new map of the chamber's 40 districts Wednesday, moving forward with a plan that opponents said was certain to be struck down by the courts.
The 22-18 vote to approve the map (SJR 2-C) moves the issue to the House, where it faces an uncertain future. Even Senate supporters of the map say they aren't sure whether House leaders will accept the proposal before a redistricting special session ends next week.
Florida’s fourth graders are performing better than the national average on both the reading and mathematics portions of the the National Assessment of Educational Progress, according to new data released Wednesday.
A Republican congressman from Florida has taken to the national stage this week to chastise former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, the favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination, over her comments about the problems at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Rick McAllister, the longtime president and CEO of the Florida Retail Federation (FRF), announced his retirement on Wednesday after holding that post for 14 years.
Florida congressmen looking to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016 clashed over the Export-Import Bank reauthorization vote on Tuesday.
Florida senators took the floor Tuesday afternoon to begin the process of selecting a new map for all 40 of the state’s senate districts, ultimately giving a thumbs up to a map presented by Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, which would alter South Florida’s senate landscape but allow the Coral Gables Republican to keep his Senate seat.
The political realities of redistricting burst into the open Tuesday, as the Senate approved a proposal increasing the Hispanic share of three of the chamber's South Florida seats over objections from Democrats who argued the move was an attempt to prevent incumbents from running against each other.
The Common Core State Standards may have initially been accepted when many states agreed to adopt the education initiative in 2010, but the years haven’t necessarily been kind to the education standards -- and five years later, many of its fiercest critics are not backing down from their demands to repeal the standards entirely.
U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., made a last minute pitch to become the next speaker of the U.S. House even as U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc. is the favorite to be selected later this week.
