Running to replace U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., in Congress, Republican hopeful Rick Kozell announced U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Penn., was supporting his bid. Murphy is running for the U.S. Senate. 

At an event at DeLand National Guard Armory on Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott honored 364 veterans with the Governor’s Veterans Service Award.

U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., offered his take as Tsai Ing-wen was elected last week to be Taiwan’s next president. 

Keiser University announced on Tuesday it will launch its  chiropractic college in West Palm Beach come September. 

State Rep. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, endorsed Martin County School Board Member Rebecca Negron in the Republican primary to replace U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., in Congress. 

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., looked to pin down two of his rivals in the U.S. Senate race on Monday over whether they backed U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. I-Vt., plans on health-care. 

Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, currently running for the Republican nomination in this year’s U.S. Senate race, weighed in on Monday afternoon as sanctions were lifted on Iran over the weekend. 

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., wants the federal government to conduct another search for the black box of El Faro, the Jacksonville based cargo ship which sunk in a storm on Oct. 1 as it headed to Puerto Rico. 

 The Florida Retail Federation (FRF) highlighted a report from the National Retail Federation showing a 3 percent increase in holiday sales to $626.1 billion across the nation. 

 The Florida Retail Federation (FRF) highlighted a report from the National Retail Federation showing a 3 percent increase in holiday sales to $626.1 billion across the nation.