State university leaders in January will tackle Gov. Ron DeSantis’ directive to end the use of H-1B visas that allow foreigners to be hired faculty, the university system’s Chancellor Ray Rodrigues said Thursday.

A grand jury has indicted a Florida State University student on murder charges for the killings of two people and the wounding of six others in a mass shooting on campus last month.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference in Daytona Beach.

Commencement ceremonies are underway at the University of Central Florida.

Some Florida state universities have ramped up security and issued advisories for graduation ceremonies, amid an already heightened police presence on campuses because of a wave of student protests.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state university system are trying to fend off lawsuits from pro-Palestinian student groups that allege First Amendment violations amid campus debates about the war between Israel and Hamas.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference at State College of Florida in Bradenton.

Plaintiffs challenging a state law restricting how race-related concepts can be taught in higher education accused Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration Wednesday of violating a federal judge’s order that blocked parts of the law from being enforced.

The staff member who prepared a congressional redistricting map said race and party politics in now way factored into the final product being considered by the Legislature.

A Republican-favorable congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office released landed quick support from the leader of the Senate’s reapportionment efforts.

The Florida Senate is set to vote Thursday on new congressional districts that, at least for now, don’t follow lines proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration.

The legislators who tested positive for COVID-19 include Republican state Sen. Tom Wright of New Smyrna Beach and Ray Rodrigues of Estero. Senate spokeswoman Katie Betta said Wright took three separate tests --- and tested positive twice --- at a state-supported testing site that was set up outside the Capitol for lawmakers, guests, legislative staff and reporters. The Florida House of Representatives on Tuesday released a list of seven members who were excused from the one-day session because they either tested positive or were exposed to someone who had tested positive. While Salzman tested negative for the virus, her son tested positive. The Florida House and the Florida Senate have different COVID-19 infection-prevention policies in place.