Gov. Rick Scott urged Floridians to be careful and stay ready after getting an update regarding Tropical Storm Erika at the Miami-Dade County Emergency Operations Center on Friday. 

Florida Democrats U.S. Reps. Alan Grayson and Patrick Murphy turned up the heat on each other this week as they run in the primary to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016. 

Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio was not the only Republican to urge President Barack Obama to get tougher with China on Friday. From his perch on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., sent a letter to Obama on China on Friday. The letter is included below:

Running to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the Senate in 2016, U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., showcased his conservative credentials on Friday.

With Tropical Storm Erika expected to hit the Sunshine State early next week, Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of the emergency on Friday morning covering all of Florida. 

At Thursday’s Florida Taxpayer Summit in Orlando, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., won a Republican presidential straw poll. 

The National Retail Federation (NRF) honored U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., with its “Hero of Main Street” Award.

Legislative matters didn't end harmoniously in Tallahassee last week, and one state lawmaker is so disgruntled over the lack of agreement on congressional maps that she believes legislators should have been physically beaten over the ordeal.

The Main Street Growth & Opportunity Coalition’s Florida chapter held a round table with U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., focusing on small business issues on Thursday. Jolly is running for the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016. 

For the first time since Cynthia Busch, acting chair of the Broward Democratic Executive Committee, dismissed Michael Howson, the DEC's former executive director has spoken out.

Going to college and grad school these days often requires taking out a LOT of money out in loans. Rather than be confined by the shackles of Sallie Mae for the next 20 years, one University of Miami law grad had a bright idea to rid himself of an ocean of debt: he would just sell his degree on Craigslist.

The Florida state Board of Education announced on Wednesday that Tallahassee Community College (TCC) was approved for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program. This is the first bachelors degree offered by TCC. 

Johnson & Johnson will invest $23.5 million to create a North American shared services headquarters in Tampa, creating 500 new jobs over the next three years. 

Florida TaxWatch expanded its team this week, adding some new staffers. 

Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) announced its “Champions for Business” award winners on Thursday.