A Florida congressional Republican is leading the charge on a bill to ban “bump stocks” in the wake of a Las Vegas shooting which left 58 people dead and more than 500 injured. 

While he has ruled out running for statewide office next year, freshman U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is showing no hesitation in backing other Republicans for higher office. 

This week, former Equifax CEO Richard Smith testified before a congressional committee, apologizing for a security failure leading to more than 145 million Americans having their data compromised--but that’s enough for a Florida Republican who is calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to take action. 

Gov. Rick Scott, seeking to recapture tourism lost over the past month to Hurricane Irma, said Wednesday that the Florida Keys “are absolutely open for business.”

A poll released Wednesday by Latino Victory Project, Latino Decisions, and America’s Voice shows a clear majority of Florida Latinos -- 64 percent -- disapproves of President Donald Trump’s performance and 7 of 10 believe the Republican Party doesn’t care about, or is hostile toward, Latinos. 

Florida’s agriculture industry suffered $2.5 billion in damages from Hurricane Irma, a Category 4 storm which ripped through the Sunshine State last month.

An appeals court overturned a Florida State Board of Education decision to open up two new charter schools in Indian River County on Wednesday. 

While Florida Republican gubernatorial candidates have remained silent on gun violence since Sunday massacre in Las Vegas, Democrats have wasted no time ramping up their renewed calls for a closer look at legislation to promote gun control across the U.S. 

Emergency managers across the northern and eastern Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana to Florida are monitoring the progress of a north-northwest-moving storm system predicted to strengthen and possibly strike the Florida Panhandle as a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday.

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., one of the leading Republicans on Capitol Hill on foreign policy, scored a win as the House once again passed her “Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act” (NICA) without opposition.