With reports out that prominent Manatee County homebuilder Carlos Beruff is close to entering the Republican primary to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., one of the GOP hopefuls launched a preemptive strike on Monday night. 

With Florida now having 14 cases of the Zika virus in seven counties, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., called for Congress to put mosquito control programs and vaccination development on the fast track.

Running in the Republican primary to take on U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, Tallahassee attorney Mary Thomas announced on Monday she had won the endorsement of former  Leon County Veterans Services Director Dale Doss, a Navy veteran who spent five years as a POW in the Vietnam War. 

U.S. Term Limits (USTL) announced on Monday morning that two Republicans running for the U.S. Senate--U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera--signed its pledge to back a constitutional amendment on congressional term limits. 

From her perch as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., offered her take on Saturday night’s debate between the Republican presidential hopefuls. 

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.”