The big story: Florida’s scores on the latest round of the National Assessment of Educational Progress didn’t offer much to cheer about.

A UF IFAS researcher is warning residents about what signs to look out for in their backyard flock as Bird Flu cases rise in Florida.

Educators, students and advocates across the Florida higher education system are speaking out against the recent removal of hundreds of general education courses.

In the past decade, the Florida craft beer industry has experienced explosive growth, expanding from 66 to 396 breweries – a sixfold increase. A new Ask IFAS study from UF/IFAS food and resource economics department researchers provides a snapshot of the industry and explains what the boom means for brewers.

Florida’s weekly unemployment claims dropped for the second week in a row for the week ending Jan. 25. U.S. Department of Labor ( DOL) data released Thursday show 5,530 first-time jobless unemployment benefit filings last week in Florida. That’s down 1,248 from the previous week’s number of 6,778, before seasonal adjustments.

Former U.S. senator from Florida Marco Rubio jumps into new role as secretary of state with flurry of phone calls, planned trip to Panama.

FILE - An iguana lies on a sidewalk on a cold morning on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, in Plantation, Fla. If temperatures drop below 40 F (5 C), iguanas can start dropping from trees as they become immobilized until temperatures increase enough for them to move around again. (AP Photo/Terry Spencer, File)

The ACLU of Florida filed suit last week against a 2023 law it argues curtails academic freedom and violates First Amendment rights.

Concerned Floridians, faculty and students from Florida universities listened to the United Faculty of Florida (UFF) — a union that represents Florida public, state and community colleges in improving the Florida higher education system — speak out in an awareness meeting on Monday about the detriments of Senate Bill 266 to universities’ curriculum,

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to host a roundtable at Florida Gulf Coast University on Wednesday morning.

Head coach Mike Norvell is trying to make that a reality. On Wednesday, Norvell was all over the place, including the state of Georgia to check in with five-star linebacker Xavier Griffin. After committing to USC in July, Griffin is still entertaining potential suitors ahead of his senior season.