Former state Rep. Carl Domino went on the attack Friday as he runs for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla. In an email to supporters, Domino hit Murphy for the government shutdown and looked to connect him with Democratic leaders like President Barack Obama and U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

After Mike Fasano congratulated Bill Gunter and Amanda Murphy on their victories in the primary race for his old seat in House District 36, he asked both parties to keep his name out of their mailers and advertisements.

Shots were fired outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday afternoon andCapitol police told people to shelter in place. The incident appeared to begin around 2:19 p.m. and Capitol police say the Capitol was locked down, according to the Washington Post. Officers with semi-automatic weapons were seen running for the exits and camping out on the first floor of the House side of the Capitol on watch, but reports of shots inside were unconfirmed.At least one Capitol police officer was injured in the incident, police said.

This week, the Florida Department of Education (DOE) sent a report to the leadership of the Florida Legislature showing that requiring high school students to take a course on personal finances could be a good bet for the state.

On Thursday, the LeRoy Collins Institute at Florida State University celebrated its 25th anniversary with a symposium in Tallahassee.

Whatever happens on Nov. 30 when the Florida State Seminoles head to Gainesville to play the Florida Gators, college football fans in the Sunshine State are torn between those two teams.

A new poll shows Floridians dont like George Zimmerman -- but they dont think he is guilty of the death of Trayvon Martin. Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to Democrats, released a poll on Thursday which shows only 20 percent of those surveyed have a favorable view of Zimmerman while 47 percent see him in an unfavorable light. But a plurality of those surveyed -- 47 percent -- think he is not guilty of Martins death while 37 percent think he is guilty. A jury unanimously ruled Zimmerman was not guilty in a high-profile trial.

A new poll shows U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., could be looking at a close race for a second term in 2016. Rubio is considered a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, shows Rubio is slightly underwater with 43 percent approving of him but 45 percent disapproving of him. Despite that, 42 percent of those surveyed believe Rubios positions are about right though 37 percent think he is too conservative and 10 percent believe he is too liberal.

Activists led by attorney John Morgan are looking to pass a state constitutional amendment in 2014 that would legalize medical marijuana use in the Sunshine State and a new poll shows it could well pass. Proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution need to pass with 60 percent approval at the ballot box.

OK, Florida's unemployment rate has fallen to 7 percent, .03 percent better than the national average. But what cities in Florida are the best for finding a job? Ever think about that? Somebody has, and the answers might surprise you.

U.S. Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla., is breaking with Republicans in the House and calling to end the federal government shutdown. On Thursday, Young said he would back all bills funding the federal government. The time for politics is over; lets get on to legislating and the hard work of tackling our $17 trillion national debt and solving important national issues like the current flood insurance crisis, said Young. All sides need to sit down and work these problems out together.

Thursday marked day three of the federal government shutdown, and according to a new CBS poll, Americans aren't too happy about it. The poll found 72 percent of Americans disapprove of shutting down the federal governmentover differences on the Affordable Care Act -- just 25 percent approve of this action.

Rep. Travis Hutson, R-Elkton, has added his name to the growing list of support for state representative hopeful Blaise Ingoglia. Ingoglia is currently running for the House District 35 seat, which covers most of Hernando County. I am excited to endorse Blaise Ingoglia for the Florida House, said Hutson. Blaise is a true conservative, dedicated to holding government accountable and advocating for fiscally responsible policy. I look forward to serving with him in Tallahassee.

Officials from 16 South Florida counties disregarded the closed-for-business sign on Washington, D.C., Wednesday, meeting in the nation's capital with the Congressional Everglades Caucus to encourage water projects they believe will relieve pollution-assaulted waterways on both sides of Lake Okeechobee. Included at the meeting were representatives of the counties within the South Florida Water Management District, including district officials themselves.

Texting while driving just became illegal in Florida this week, but a Florida Atlantic University professor has invented a system that can stop your phone from texting entirely while you're driving on the road. "If you are above, let's say, 8 miles an hour, we can say, that's driving, I can stop you just like that," said engineering professor Daniel Raviv. The professor has developed technology that uses a combination of road maps and GPS data to determine who's on the road, then shut off their phone's texting features.