Ryan Dailey - News Service of Florida

Tensions have run high at school board meetings around the nation in recent months.

Hillsborough and Sarasota are among three school districts that avoided being punished by recently changing their mask policies.

Two districts revised mask mandates to allow parental opt-outs, but others aren't backing down. Education Commission Richard Corcoran has now suggested pulling funds equal to federal grants awarded to cover the penalties of noncompliant boards.

Mark Emmert wants a uniform standard nationwide for the types of businesses that could pay athletes in exchange for endorsing products.

The "Florida Heartbeat Act” would require doctors to test for fetal heartbeats, which can occur six weeks into pregnancy. If heartbeats are detected, doctors “may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion” on pregnant women, under the proposal.

At the forefront of the concerns is a shortage of nurses, which the executives told lawmakers has created an emergency for hospital administrators.

DeSantis has been critical of the Biden administration over its COVID-19 mitigation strategies.

Rather than testing students at the end of the school year, DeSantis wants to move to assessments in the fall, winter and spring as a way to be more "nimble."

With a rank of 46, USF billed itself as “America’s fastest-rising” university. The school has risen 48 spots on the U.S. News chart over the past decade.

Taking the case to the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee puts an automatic stay on the judge's ruling, which effectively means it would be put on hold while an appeal moves forward.