At issue is a 2022 state law that shielded most of the presidential interview process from public view, a law some former supporters now regret
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Posted inLocal Government
Jacksonville City Council president flew on billionaire’s jet to catch Rays game
Nick Howland said he attended the game hours south of Jacksonville “to help raise funds for my political committee” but declined to share more specifics about the fundraiser.
Posted inEnvironment
Behind the anger and scientific brawl over Florida’s Atlantic red snapper season
At the heart of the conflict lies one deceptively difficult question: Just how many red snapper are there in the sea?
Posted inHigher Education
After politicized search process, Bell becomes UF’s president
Bell’s employment contract awards him a $2 million base salary, with the possibility of future “bonus and retention payments.”
Posted inHigher Education
GOP restructuring of higher ed touches everything, including UF presidential search
The task of finding university and college presidents – once an academic exercise – is now a secretive, thorny project closely linked to Republican politics
Posted inHigher Education
Latest hope for downtown Jacksonville, taxpayer-financed UF campus, might start very small
UF has big plans for its downtown Jacksonville campus, but is only obligated to enroll 50 students.
Posted inEducation
With anti-terror law, DeSantis has new tool to reshape higher-ed
Campus protesters, already targeted by Florida’s governor, face new legal peril
Posted inFlorida
As UF considers buzz sawing 1,000 trees, critics feel stumped, muted
The University of Florida is planning to demolish an on-campus conservation area known as Graham Woods — a project that would chop down roughly 1,000 trees in a mini-forest favored by nature lovers and bicyclists.