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Florida bar exam passage rate drops by more than 3% (opens the original)
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Those pursuing admission to the Florida Bar were less successful this year than last. The summer 2026 exam was taken by 2,250 first-timers. Of that cohort, 75.2% passed, or 1,693. That passage rate represents a decrease from summer 2025, when 78.4% of test-takers passed. During summer 2024, 76% of test-takers passed. The number of test takers in 2026 rose from 2025, when 2,152 took the test for the first time. The highest passage rates among law schools in the state this year were Florida State
Florida professors fear being targeted or cancelled, faculty review shows (opens the original)
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Florida university professors fear their students are spying on them and lament elimination of DEI from general education courses and canceled research grants. Such were concerns expressed among more than 250 Florida faculty members surveyed about higher education policy in Florida. The 258 Florida responses were among nearly 2,800 faculty responses from 13 states across the South. The survey is annual, conducted by the state conferences of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP
DeSantis administration misses legislative deadline, gets more money for immigration anyway (opens the original)
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As Ron DeSantis’ turn as governor nears its end, a legislative spending committee voted along partisan lines Friday to approve budget amendments allowing the two-term governor to pay for his crackdown on immigration. The Joint Legislative Budget Commission approved a $240 million general revenue transfer to the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund and agreed to allow the Division of Emergency Management (DEM), which operates the fund, to spend up to $250 million to pay pending invoices relat
TikTok wants state’s suit dismissed, responds to state ban on minor social media use (opens the original)
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TikTok wants to scroll past Floridaâs claim it isnât complying with the stateâs social media ban for minors, seeking to dismiss a lawsuit Attorney General James Uthmeier brought earlier this summer. The stateâs suit must be dismissed because the 2024 law, HB 3, banning Floridians under age 14 from using social media apps, and requiring parental consent for those age 14 and 15, is vague and infringes on the First Amendment, TikTok argued. âAs applied to TikTok, HB3 shrinks the audiences
Florida voter citizenship law challenged in federal lawsuit by voting rights groups (opens the original)
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Two voting advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit last Wednesday, challenging Floridaâs new law requiring proof of citizenship to vote. The law passed the Legislature this year on a near-party-line vote and was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in April. It goes into effect Jan. 1. The two groups are Black Voters Matter Fund and the League of United Latin American Citizens, represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Democracy Defenders Fund. âThis is a political ploy to determine who w
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