Rep. Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, announced on Tuesday she was launching a bill to increase penalties “for violent offenses committed against realtors while they are in the act of showing a property or conducting an open house.”

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., jabbed the two leading Democratic candidates running to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., over President Barack Obama’s deal with Iran on its nuclear program. 

Even if he is not the favorite GOP presidential hopeful in his home state, Florida Republicans look very favorably on U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a new poll shows. 

Now in the middle of his third term, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is in solid shape in a new poll even as a quarter of Florida voters aren’t sure him despite spending more than four decades on the political stage. 

A new poll shows Gov. Rick Scott is treading water but still in better shape than he has been in years with his poll numbers moving up over the summer. 

A new poll shows Gov. Rick Scott is treading water but still in better shape than he has been in years with his poll numbers moving up over the summer. 

The New College of Florida welcomed its largest incoming class on Monday with almost 300 new students, most of them first-time freshmen but a few transfers and international students were in the mix as well. 

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., now running for the Democratic nomination to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the Senate in 2016, doubled down on his support for campaign finance reform, calling out the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. 

Americans for Prosperity’s (AFP) Florida chapter came out swinging on Monday about reports that some Enterprise Florida and Space Florida staffers received bonuses. 

State Rep. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF), pointed at a poll from Quinnipiac University which shows President Barack Obama is upside down in Florida, saying it was bad news for Democrats.