Democratic lawmakers, after a contentious visit to Florida's Everglades detention center dubbed 'Alligator Alcatraz,' have condemned its conditions as crowded, unsanitary, and bug-infested. This follows a lawsuit against Governor DeSantis for restricted access.

Former Congressman John Mica says three bills related to intellectual property would give power to patent trolls and must be stopped.

Democratic lawmakers condemned Florida's new Everglades immigration detention center after visiting Saturday, describing it as crowded, unsanitary and bug-infested. Republicans on the same tour said they saw nothing of the sort at the remote facility that officials have dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz.

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.

It officially ends any administrative restrictions to athletes’ NIL compensation within limits, but it allows schools and conferences to establish what is — and isn’t — permissible. Should the federal legislation pass, it would override current state NIL laws, which vary from border to border.