Jesse Panuccio will step down as executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), Gov. Rick Scott announced on Friday. 

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said on Friday he will soon unveil a bill making the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) increase security efforts at airports across the nation. 

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy’s, D-Fla., team fired away at 2016 rival U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., after U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, backed the Florida Republican.

Now making a second try at the Republican presidential nomination, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., said on Thursday that the San Bernardino mass shootings was the result of Islamic terrorism and called on President Barack Obama to call it such. 

On Thursday afternoon, responding to the mass shootings in San Bernardino, California, Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags across Florida to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Monday.

On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, endorsed U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., in the race to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016. 

Pointing to numbers from Help Wanted OnLine, Gov. Rick Scott noted that there were more than 299,500 job openings across Florida. 

Consumer confidence is on the rise in Florida, according to the state Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO). 

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Fla., the president and CEO of the Associated Industries of Florida (AIF), applauded Gov. Rick Scott’s budget proposal on Wednesday. 

From his perch as chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., cheered as the House passed the Intelligence Authorization Act on Tuesday.