The South Florida Water Management District Governing Board approved a budget Thursday which assesses residents the same property tax rate as they experienced last year.

Responses to President Donald Trump’s choice of U.S. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court broke predictably along party lines among Florida politicians and activists, garnering laurels from Republicans and darts from Democrats.

The voices from Florida that matter the most in the pending summer drama --- U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio --- echoed their respective party mantras but remained somewhat non-committal.

Rubio, a Republican, called Kavanaugh “a qualified, mainstream jurist,” but wouldn’t say how he’ll vote in the Senate confirmation.

Less than seven weeks until Republicans across Florida vote in the state attorney general primary, state Rep. Frank White, R-Pensacola, is taking aim at former Judge Ashley Moody in a new TV ad.

From his perch as chairman of the U.S. House National Security Subcommittee, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., called on President Donald Trump to have the U.S. Department of Justice examine Cuban communist Raúl Castro for his role in shooting down an airplane in 1996 which had three U.S. citizens and a permanent resident. 

Problems with the communications system exposed by the response to a mass shooting at a Parkland high school aren’t isolated to Broward County, according to testimony at a meeting held by a commission tasked with preventing future catastrophes.

Nathaniel “Nat” Reed, an environmental advisor for six Florida governors and assistant secretary of the interior to Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, considered one of the founders of the modern conservation movement, died Wednesday. He was 84.

On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced he was backing state Rep. Matt Caldwell, R-Leigh Acres, in next month’s Republican primary to replace term limited Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. 

If you're anywhere near Miami and you'd like to watch the World Cup semifinals there's still time to join David Beckham's free World Cup watch party from noon to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Wharf -- a pop-up food and event space along the Miami River.

With seven weeks to go until the Republican primary to replace term limited Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, on Wednesday, state Rep. Frank White, R-Pensacola, unveiled the support of more than a dozen legislators, including the next speaker of the Florida House. 

State Rep. Ross Spano, R-Riverview, who had been running in the Republican primary to be Florida’s next attorney general before deciding to run for Congress earlier this year, endorsed former Judge Ashley Moody for attorney general on Wednesday morning.