Lieutenant Gov. and U.S. Senate hopeful Carlos Lopez-Cantera raised over $460,000 from individual donors during the third quarter, according to campaign finance reports. 

Thursday marks the start of the Association of Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Colleges and Universities national meeting at Jacksonville University (JU).

U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla.,  announced on Thursday that, after the third quarter of 2015, he had more than $658,000 on hand for his U.S. Senate bid. His campaign noted Jolly had almost $893,000 raised by the end of September but this includes money--around $440,000--moved over from his previous congressional campaign. 

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., currently running for the Republican presidential nomination, said on Thursday that he favored President Barack Obama’s decision to keep American military personnel in Afghanistan until the end of 2016.

With President Barack Obama announcing on Thursday that American troops will stay in Afghanistan beyond 2016, U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., backed the decision but called for the White House to back the GOP’s Defense appropriations bill. 

The Florida Chamber of Commerce went to bat on Thursday for legislation to expand the state’s Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit cap.

Former Gov. Gary Johnson, R-NM, has opened the door to a second Libertarian presidential bid and, this week, offered his take on way former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., has been overtaken by Donald Trump and other candidates in the Republican field. 

U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., is joining the chorus of her fellow liberal Congress members and gun safety advocates calling for an end to gun violence in the United States.

With reports out that Iran is testing ballistic missiles, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the U.S. House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, called for President Barack Obama to get tough with Iran and enforced the UN'S Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). 

School choice group PublicSchoolOptions.org cheered Florida Senate President Andy Gardinder, R-Orlando, and state House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island, after their remarks on education to at the AP Florida Legislative Planning Session on Wednesday. 

State House Democratic Leader Mark Pafford of West Palm Beach will take over as CEO of Florida Community Health Action Information Network (CHAIN), a group which supports President Barack Obama’s health-care law and enrolls Floridians into the program.

Sunshine State News will be heading to Jacksonville for the Florida Energy Summit Oct. 14-16. 

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., praised NAS Jacksonville as that Navy post marks its 75th anniversary. 

Now running for the U.S. Senate in 2016, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., announced on Tuesday he opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., urged the U.S. Senate to pass the “Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act.”