With the Thanksgiving weekend being the traditional start of holiday shopping, Florida TaxWatch released a guide to where sales tax dollars go. 

From his perch on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., condemned Iran for  imprisoning Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian as a spy and called on the Obama White House to do more against that Middle Eastern nation. 

The Florida chapter of Americans for Prosperity-Florida (AFP) liked the tax cuts included in Gov. Rick Scott’s proposed $79.3 budget but was far less enthusiastic of the governor’s call for giving Enterprise Florida $250 million to lure businesses to the Sunshine State. 

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., signed off on a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., calling for cutting funds to abortion providers during the appropriations process. 

 Dominic Calabro, the president and CEO of Florida TaxWatch, cheered Gov. Rick Scott’s $79.3 billion budget proposal on Monday. 

Florida is one of five states that do not have standards for interpreters in K-12 for deaf and hard of hearing students but a new bill seeks to change that.

On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., repeated his insistence that insurance companies should not be bailed out by taxpayers due to President Barack Obama's federal health-care law.

The Florida chapter of fiscal conservative group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) expressed its support of three bills in the Florida Legislature concerning health-care. 

This week, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., turned to U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., to conference committee on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced on Wednesday he was backing U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton’s, R-Ark., bill to ensure data is collected on terrorists for the next year.