With tax reform front and center on Capitol Hill, two Florida Republicans took to the national stage this week to make the case for why it is needed. 

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., paired up with a top Republican on the other side of Capitol Hill on Tuesday to bring out a bill they say will help small businesses in underrepresented states. 

Frustrated senators grilled Florida's pot czar Tuesday, demanding explanations for why his office missed a legislatively mandated deadline to issue new medical-marijuana licenses and why ailing patients are stuck waiting for state-issued ID cards.

Christian Bax, executive director of the state Office of Medical Marijuana Use, blamed one of the delays on a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of part of a new law that required health officials to issue 10 new marijuana licenses by Oct. 3.

Gov. Rick Scott will head to the Windy City for an economic development mission, hoping to lure Chicago-area businesses to the Sunshine State this week.

The U.S. Senate gave the preliminary go-ahead for a $36.5 billion disaster relief package on Tuesday, but financial aid for one of the hardest hit areas -- Florida’s agriculture industry -- was left out of the measure. 

Buoyed by family, friends and colleagues, Sen. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, was unanimously named by the Florida Senate Republican Caucus on Tuesday president-designate for the 2018-20 Legislative Term.

The University of North Florida (UNF) released a poll on Tuesday taking the pulse of Florida voters on issues ranging from what to do with monuments honoring the Confederacy and its leaders to health-care and immigration.

With a year out until the 2018 elections, U.S Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is in a dead heat with Gov. Rick Scott, who is expected to challenge him next year in what is expected to be one of the top Senate races in the nation. 

Sen. Bill Galvano, a 51-year-old lawyer from Bradenton, will be designated Tuesday by Senate Republicans as the next president of the Florida Senate.

The Republican lawmaker will lead the 40-member Senate for the two years after the November 2018 general elections, assuming the Republicans hold their majority --- now at a 24-16 margin --- in the chamber.

Folks along the Florida East Coast rail corridor, a highly populated, congested route with more than 300 at-grade crossings it will share with All Aboard Florida’s (AAF) 110 mph passenger trains, apparently will also see FEC move liquefied natural gas (LNG) along the same route. This, according to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by Martin and Indian River Counties, along with Citizens Against Rail Expansion in Florida (CARE FL).