From his perch on the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., urged the Trump administration to be careful as it reforms the reverse mortgage process. 

Glades farmers said they rejoice along with coastal residents after seeing news reports Wednesday from both Fort Myers and Stuart showing property values in those algae-affected communities increased during 2016.

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, a Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, says he won't emulate the campaign strategy he ascribes to his party's past two candidates for governor.

Senate Bill 2500, Florida's 2017-2018 $82.4 billion budget, arrived on Gov. Rick Scott's desk Wednesday, a month from the start of the new fiscal year. And now attention shifts from lawmakers who held it until they were good and ready, to the governor who hasn't tipped his hand on how much of it his veto pen will cancel out. 

Noting that victims of fraudster Bernie Madoff had not been paid from a group that is supposed to distribute $4 billion to them, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., called on the U.S. Department of Justice to step in and expedite the process.

Last week, U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., paired up with U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Ind., to offer a proposal to lower federal student loan rates. 

Former state lawmaker Alex Diaz de la Portilla insists he actually knows where he's running for office this time, despite an egregious error on his website indicating he's running in a district that doesn't exist. 

Broward Democrat and former state Sen. Jeremy Ring is tossing his name in as a possible contender for Chief Financial Officer in 2018. 

Gov. Rick Scott can't veto a bill he doesn't have, and he still hasn't been given the controversial education bill, House Bill 7069.  But, with the exception of a holiday-weekend letter writing campaign, the public comment flooding the Governor's Office is beginning to even out. In the end, however, the governor gets to weigh what he sees and feels and cast the deciding vote.

Florida's largely dry conditions, which might appear to be more conducive to wildfires, shouldn't be seen as a reason to reduce vigilance in preventing the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.