The national unemployment was at an eight-year low for the month of January, sitting at 4.9 percent. 

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., currently running for the U.S. Senate, backed U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson’s, D-Fla., idea for the Obama administration to appoint a czar to lead efforts against the Zika virus. 

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., urged the federal government to get ready to help Florida deal with the Zika virus. 

As America gets ready for Super Bowl Sunday,  Americans for Prosperity’s (AFP) Florida chapter is calling out the National Football League (NFL) for relying on taxpayer funds for stadiums and other projects. 

Running in the crowded Republican primary to replace U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., Mart in County School Board Member Rebecca Negron released a new TV ad on Thursday. 

While most of his focus is on the Republican presidential contest, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., scored a win on Wednesday night as the U.S. Senate passed “U.S.-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015.” 

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Penn., will end his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination after a weak showing in Iowa, a state he carried only four years ago.

The Iowa caucus claimed another Republican presidential hopeful as U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., bowed out of the race on Wednesday. 

Now running for the Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate race, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera doubled down on his commitment to serve only two terms on Wednesday regardless if a the Constitution is amended for term limits.  

From his perch as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF), state Rep. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, offered his take on the Iowa Democratic caucus on Tuesday. 

After his surprisingly strong third place in showing in Iowa on Monday night, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., turned his attention to South Carolina on Tuesday, unveiling an ad featuring U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-SC, endorsing him. 

Even as Iowa left both former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., declaring victory, from her perch as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., insisted it was a good night for her party. 

The House Economic Development and Tourism subcommittee today unanimously approved HB 1017, a bill aimed to fight fraud in Florida’s Reemployment Assistance program.

With the U.S. Department of Justice refusing to name a special counsel to investigate the handling of then U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton using a private server for her official email, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., called for the department to rethink its decision. 

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., weighed in on Friday over the Obama administration giving the Havana Club trademark license to Cubaexport, which is tied to the Castro regime, despite the objections of Bacardi, an American company.