State lawmakers will leave the $419 million in funding for a controversial K-12 education bill in the state budget after all.

The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board on Thursday approved public access to one of its major Everglades restoration projects, the A-1 Flow Equalization Basin (FEB). After the meeting, the District said the action adds thousands of additional recreation acres in western Palm Beach County, where residents and visitors can enjoy the outdoors.

With Puerto Rico holding a plebiscite on Sunday on its status, members of the Florida congressional delegation are weighing in on the matter with one Democrat from the Sunshine State continuing to push for statehood.

This week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., teamed up with U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, to offer a proposal ensuring the State Department does more to battle anti-Semitism. 

A Republican senator has filed a measure to get rid of all the medical marijuana laws on Florida's books and start from scratch.

After months of debate, state lawmakers have finally reached a compromise to regulate medical marijuana. 

A special session meant to bridge differences between House and Senate leaders over education funding and economic development instead seemed Wednesday to be driving the two chambers further apart.

Florida lawmakers will officially take up medical marijuana during this week’s three-day special session.

With buzz growing that U.S. Rep. Ron DeSanits, R-Fla., could run for governor next year, the third term congressman took to the airwaves and weighed in on whether he would enter the race, saying it could be “several months” before he makes a final decision. 

On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s, R-Fla., bill to reform the federal Department of Veterans Affairs passed the U.S. Senate on a voice vote.