U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., one of the co-chairs of the Congressional Soccer Caucus, continues to push for more opportunities for girls and women to play the game. 

On Wednesday, Priceline.com released it findings for where Florida residents plan to head over the holidays. 

Florida House Majority Leader Dana Young, R-Tampa, was named on Wednesday by GOPAC to its 2016 Legislative Leaders Advisory Board. 

On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott launched a challenge to Florida Technical Colleges and Centers, hoping to better prepare the Sunshine State’s residents to enter a changing workforce.  

Florida TaxWatch released a report on Florida’s child welfare system which “concludes that front-end investments to help case managers, emphasizing prevention services and initiating programs to grow and support opportunities within child welfare, will help ensure a safer future for Florida’s children while saving taxpayers’ money.”

U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., part of the Republican leadership as senior deputy majority whip, said on Tuesday he will bring out a bill to ensure federal money won’t be used to bring over refugees from Syria. 

State Rep. Charles Van Zant, R-Keystone Heights, endorsed Tallahassee attorney Mary Thomas on Tuesday as she looks to unseat U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., in 2016. 

Susan Smith, the president of the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida, compared Gov. Rick Scott to American officials who did not let Jewish refugees immigrate from Germany in the late 1930s for opposing bringing Syrian refugees into the Sunshine State. 

U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., insisted on Monday that President Barack Obama has no plans to screen 10,000 refugees from Syria and stated his opposition to the plan. 

Howard Simon, the executive director of the ACLU of Florida, insisted that Gov. Rick Scott should support Syrian refugees coming to Florida.