Florida’s higher education leaders are fast-tracking an ambitious, multi-state plan to form a new college accreditor — an effort which Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting as a way to subvert the grip of “woke accreditation cartels” on academia.

Higher-education leaders Friday backed a plan to form a new accrediting agency that Florida will help fund and oversee with university systems from five other Southern states.

So far, only Florida is putting in $4 million, which was added to the state university system’s budget by the Legislature. A business plan for the commission says it “anticipates the other five founding university systems will dedicate funds, labor or a combination of, that is comparable to Florida’s initial contribution.”

Immigration arrests are sharply up around the country, and Florida is sending some to Alligator Alcatraz. But did Obama deport more people than Trump?

Florida's Key West voted to reinstate its immigration agreement with ICE just one week after ending it, following threats of penalties from Governor DeSantis's administration.

Lawmakers in both parties slammed the revelation, which comes as concerns are being raised about the lack of oversight and transparency over the millions of dollars being spent on the temporary

At least in the short term, the tropics should remain quiet, according to both the National Hurricane Center and AccuWeather.

A 12-year-old Fortnite gamer was victimized twice in two days by “swatting” calls, and the culprits were his online competition in New York and Connecticut, according to Florida detectives. The suspects, ages 14 and 15, have been arrested and are facing felony charges, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a July 10 news release.

Professional boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis has been arrested in South Florida on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge.

Boxer Gervonta Davis faces a charge of Battery-Domestic Violence in Florida, according to jail records in Miami-Dade County.