Flanked by the parents of Broward County teenagers slain in the nation’s second-worst school shooting, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed into law a sweeping package addressing mental health, school safety and guns.

U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist’s, D-Fla., proposal offering U.S. support for defending Israel from drone attacks is gaining momentum on Capitol Hill. 

The Citrus County School District has removed social studies teacher Dayanna Volitich from the classroom following reports she has been secretly operating a white supremacist podcast -- and sharing some of those views with students. 

School funding next academic year will be shaped by the Florida Legislature’s reaction to the mass shooting of students and staff at a Broward County high school.

A prominent national pundit gave Democrats better chances in two congressional races in Florida. 

This week, a U.S. Navy vessel made a port visit to Vietnam for the first time since the Vietnam War and a Florida congressman hopes this will help improve relations between the two countries. 

This week, a South Florida Republican congresswoman paired up with two congressional Democrats to make federal national security offices more diverse.

Gov. Rick Scott wasn’t tipping his hand this week when it came to a school-safety bill that has dominated the Capitol.

Three weeks after Nikolas Cruz gunned down 14 students and three faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida lawmakers Wednesday passed a sweeping school-safety bill that sparked bipartisan and racial divisions over gun issues.

The House in a 67-50 vote approved the proposal (SB 7026), after the fathers of two slain students watched hours of floor debate from the House gallery. The Senate had earlier passed the measure, which now goes to Gov. Rick Scott.