After meeting with Department of Children and Families Sec. Mike Carroll on Monday, Gov. Rick Scott said he would propose more than $19 million to fund mental health and substance abuse programs. 

Pointing to a New York Times article focusing on how the Pentagon ignored sexual abuse of boys from its allies in Afghanistan, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., sent a letter to Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , on the matter on Monday. 

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., ripped into President Barack Obama’s handling of Cuba on Friday even as that nation is in the global spotlight as Pope Francis visits it. 

On Friday afternoon, Gov. Rick Scott announced PortMiami had finished its dredging project to ready for larger vessels heading to the Atlantic seaboard after the expansion of the Panama Canal is completed. 

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., went to bat for U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., sending out a fundraising email for her over the weekend. 

Continuing his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, on Monday, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., ripped the Obama administration for inviting LGBT activists and abortion supporters to a White House reception to honor Pope Francis on Wednesday. 

Two congressmen from Florida--Republican Tom Rooney and Democrat Patrick Murphy--teamed up on Friday to call for  February to be designated as "National Spine Ability Month." 

Gov. Rick Scott announced the state unemployment dipped down to 5.3 percent for August as more than 20,000 private sector jobs were added across the state. 

Gov. Rick Scott announced the state unemployment dipped down to 5.3 percent for August as more than 20,000 private sector jobs were added across the state. 

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced his support of U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s, R-Iowa, bill pushing back against President Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asserting more authority under the Waters of the United States rule.