A bill from two members of the Florida delegation in Congress toughening the penalties for committing Medicare fraud is gaining steam on Capitol Hill. 

Eight people were dead in a Broward County nursing home left without power post-Hurricane Irma.

Members of the Florida delegation led by U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch successfully ensured that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Fisheries headquarters will remain in the Sunshine State. 

A New York Mets minor leaguer with a Heisman Trophy from his time in The Swamp brought some star power to Gov. Rick Scott's Hurricane Irma relief efforts Tuesday.

Florida gubernatorial candidates continued to reel in the dough during the month of August, with Republican Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam leading the way in campaign fundraising while former U.S. Rep. and Democrat Gwen Graham wasn’t far behind. 

State officials continued to survey the damage left from the powerful storm on Tuesday, with Gov. Rick Scott making stops in Jacksonville and Ft. Myers as Florida recovers from the catastrophic storm which made landfall over the weekend.

Local curfews were in place throughout the state, much of the Florida Keys remained closed and millions of people continued to lack electricity as cleanup work expected to reach into the billions of dollars began Monday in the wake of deadly Hurricane Irma.

Hurricane Irma made landfall on most of Florida Sunday, pummeling the state with high-speed winds, heavy rains, dangerous storm surge levels and leaving millions of Floridians without power as the weekend drew to a close. 

Widespread and prolonged power outages will become part of life for most Floridians over the next few days as Hurricane Irma has started to make an anticipated northern turn that will result in a destructive run through the state starting Sunday.

Most of the Florida congressional delegation has lined up behind U.S. Rep. Al Lawson’s, D-Fla., proposal to name a U.S. Post Office after a prominent civil rights leader.