As Vice President Kamala Harris took the microphone at her first official rally as a presidential candidate in Milwaukee Tuesday, Florida Sen. Shevrin Jones sat down with News 6.

Florida Republicans advanced a bill Wednesday that would ban teachers from wearing a rainbow flag lapel pin in public schools and universities.

Lawmakers, teachers, school board members and parents crowded into a South Florida church for a forum on the state's new standards for teaching Black history.

Florida is banning gender-affirming care for minors, effective immediately.

There are more than 200 LGBTQ+ lawmakers across the country, and they're increasingly finding themselves fighting against bills that target their communities.

A measure that would expand 2022′s controversial Parental Rights in Education law is primed for consideration by the full Florida Senate.

The Florida Senate on Wednesday likely will take up a plan that would bolster Gov. Ron DeSantis’ efforts to send migrants to “sanctuary” cities and states, as Republicans and Democrats battle over the issue.

The Republican-dominated Florida Legislature has given Gov. Ron DeSantis another victory in what some call his political culture war.

Florida Republicans have passed a bill to forbid instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.

The House voted 69-47 last month to pass the bill, meaning that it will go to Gov. Ron DeSantis if it is approved by the Senate without changes.

A bill pushed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation’s past received its first approval.

Street takeovers to perform car stunts like doughnuts, drifting and burnouts could become illegal in Florida.

Police in South Florida are looking for suspects involved in a pair shootings that brought a deadly start to the Memorial Day weekend.

Police in South Florida are looking for suspects involved in a pair shootings that brought a deadly start to the Memorial Day weekend.

The proposal (SB 86), sponsored by Sen. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, advanced from the Republican-controlled Senate Education Committee in a 5-4 party-line vote. An amendment adopted by the committee changed the proposal from completely cutting Bright Futures aid for certain majors to reducing the scholarship amounts awarded to students. “We are still concerned about the repeal of the promise to pay either 100 or 75 percent of student and fees for Bright Futures students. Any cuts for Bright Futures will make it harder for students to reach their goals” said Alexandra Valdes, student-body president at Florida International University. The proposal also would create the Florida Bright Opportunities Grant Program, aimed at helping pay tuition and fees for students eligible for need-based Pell grants.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Republican legislative leaders are lauding a sweeping school-choice measure filed Thursday, while Senate Democrats have vowed to “fight like hell” against the proposal. Diaz’s proposal (SB 48) would expand the existing Family Empowerment Scholarship, which currently serves middle- and low-income students, in part by combining it with the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship. The Senate proposal also would establish the “Gardiner-McKay Scholarship,” by combining two existing voucher programs that serve students with special needs. The state currently has “a pretty confusing system of scholarship programs with various eligibility and funding mechanisms,” Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, said in a press release on Thursday. Step Up for Students, a nonprofit organization that helps administer two of the state’s existing voucher programs, also is backing Diaz’s proposal.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – As a solution to Miami’s notoriously congested traffic, Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk is proposing to dig tunnels with The Boring Company, one of his many business ventures. “It doesn’t seem very smart and it is certainly going to be expensive,” said Kurtis Gurley, a professor of structural engineering at the University of Florida. Gurley said one challenge of the project would be keeping water out of the tunnels while shoring up its walls. Felice noted that engineers earlier this decade completed the 4,200-foot (1,280 meters) Port of Miami Tunnel, which had a price tag of $668.5 million. The Boring Company burrows utility and freight tunnels under cities to alleviate congestive traffic and shave down transportation times.

It may be something that you need to act,” DeSantis told reporters following a state Cabinet meeting Tuesday. Organization sessions are largely ceremonial and typically last just a day, but DeSantis also could call a special session to take up the protest proposal. “If we have a special session, it would definitely be a priority bill that would be included,” Simpson said in an email when asked Tuesday about DeSantis' remarks. “If you want to hear what we have to say about your proposal, call us into special session right now,” Braynon said. “These are all the things you’ll find out in a special session,” he added.

On Friday, Florida reported 9,488 new confirmed cases and 67 deaths, a day after setting a new daily record with more than 10,000 cases. That means every generation - everyone of us, no exceptions.The latest county statistics show more than 1,300 COVID patients in Miami hospitals. Of those, 281 are in intensive-care beds, occupying about 63% of the ICU beds that would be otherwise available. The state releases daily reports on available ICU beds, statewide, by county and by individual hospital -- but those numbers dont include how many are occupied by COVID-19 patients. Statewide, about 20% of ICU beds are currently available, though some hospitals have additional capacity that can be turned into ICU units if need be.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Florida reported more than 10,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases for the first time Thursday, an unwanted milestone eclipsed hours before Vice President Mike Pence and Gov. The Health Department also tallied 325 new coronavirus hospitalizations Thursday, one of the biggest 24-hour jumps since the pandemic began. Before June 11, the states worst day for reported cases had been 1,601, set in mid-May. The outbreak also forced Pence and DeSantis to curtail their visit, which was supposed to be part of the vice president's now-canceled Faith In America campaign tour. Pence and DeSantis encouraged everyone, especially young adults, to wear masks in public spaces and avoid large gatherings.