On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott showcased Florida’s ties to Israel as he continued his tour of that nation. 

With a legislative battle brewing again about the issue, an appeals court has ruled against a property insurer's effort to place restrictions on a controversial practice known as “assignment of benefits.”

The Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) could be making a transition to privatization in a deal insiders say would greatly make utilities more affordable to customers -- and it’s likely the move could find some of its biggest support from Jacksonville mayor Lenny Curry. 

Corrine Brown, a former Florida congresswoman from Jacksonville, was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud and other charges related to a fake charity she used to put money in her own pocket while serving in Washington.

Last week, two congressmen from Florida brought out a bill to crack down on arms sales to Iran. 

From his perch as co-chairman of the Animal Protection Caucus in Congress, a Florida Republican is urging President Donald Trump to restore the ban on allowing African lion trophies to be brought into the United States. 

Gas prices continued to slide down in the Sunshine State as December began, a study from AAA found. 

U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., the chairman of the U.S. House Asia and Pacific Subcommittee and a member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, is looking to reform how the U.S. funds multilateral organizations including the United Nations. 

Florida was preparing for an influx of some 100,000 Puerto Rican refugees after Hurricane Maria. But two months after the monster storm paralyzed virtually anything normal about life on the island, Puerto Rican arrivals in the Sunshine State have already exceeded 200,000 -- and the surge is continuing.

A prominent national pundit is giving the Democrats a good chance of flipping the U.S. House next year--but doesn’t see many opportunities for them to pick up seats in Florida.