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

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.

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)

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.

Núñez was a key player in pushing legislation to allow children of immigrants in the country illegally to pay the same in-state tuition rates for college as other Floridians.

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.

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.

The University of North Florida in Jacksonville and the University of West Florida, located in Pensacola, both cancelled all classes, events and activities Wednesday in anticipation of the winter storm. Normal activities at both campuses are expected to return to normal by Thursday morning.