Using a simple animation with colored dots representing students and staff, a homicide detective led a state commission on Tuesday through a stark reenactment of Nikolas Cruz’s alleged assault on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

From his perch on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is hoping to focus more American attention in Asia, including supporting allies in the region. 

Now well into his second term in the U.S. Senate and with a bid for the Republican presidential nomination under his belt, Marco Rubio is showing no plans to get off the national stage. 

A 16-member commission will begin Tuesday to review the Feb. 14 mass shooting at a Broward County high school, looking into the circumstances of the crime, the background of the alleged shooter and recommendations to prevent future tragedies.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement received word Monday from the federal Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) that it has been awarded a $1 million grant to pay salary and overtime expenses for first responders who went to the scene of the deadly school shootings in Parkland Feb. 14.

Florida’s tourism arm is touting marketing efforts that attracted an increase in travelers from America’s northern neighbor, less than a year after admitting the state had taken its Canadian visitors for granted.

On the surface, it appears to be a legal dispute between the South Florida Water Management District and the Everglades Law Center -- then again, this is Martin County, where things aren’t often as they appear, and where misinformation and hyperbole seem to rule.

The argument over whether the transcript of a SFWMD mediation meeting among its attorneys and the district's governing board should be made public under the state's Sunshine Laws, Chapter 119, or remain confidential under the state's mediation laws, Chapter 44, is now before the Fourth District Court of Appeal. 

Former U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fla., might be long gone from Congress but his “Penny Plan” lives on. 

Gas prices in Florida are the highest they have been in three years, a new study finds. 

They're not concocting what brewers in Colorado are, but a handful of craft brewers in South Florida are floating what they believe is an exciting new trend -- pot-tasting beer.