Tallahassee Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is joining the call for a special session on medical marijuana.

Expect crowded roads this Memorial Day weekend across Florida, a new study from AAA finds, especially as the Sunshine State is home to the top destination for travelers. 

Looking to honor the Memorial Day holiday this weekend while still treating yourself to a good time? Look no further.

Gov. Rick Scott brandished his veto pen Wednesday evening to say “no” to legislation repealing a decades-old provision requiring hard liquor to be sold in stores separate from grocery stores.

A Canadian-backed firm will take over management of Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, one of Florida's seven medical marijuana operators, the companies announced Wednesday.

The deal involving Aphria Inc., a marijuana grower and processor based in Ontario, and Chestnut Hill comes on the verge of a massive expansion of Florida's medical-marijuana market, sparked by a November constitutional amendment that broadly legalized medical pot.

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., who sits on the House Veterans Affairs Committee and who served more than a decade as an Army surgeon, introduced the “Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act."

On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., paired up to bring back their “Veterans Care Financial Protection Act" proposal. 

In a long-awaited decision, an administrative law judge Tuesday called for the state to issue two new licenses to medical marijuana operators, saying competing businesses --- which lost out to another operator selected by Florida health officials in 2015 --- were virtually tied.

Administrative Law Judge John Van Laningham's recommended order came months after a hearing in the matter and long after he decided that the winning licensee, Alpha Foliage, known as Surterra Therapeutics, should have been ineligible to apply for a license because of changes in ownership.

There is apparently more than one Daisy Baez in Miami-Dade County. 

With North Korea continuing to test ballistic missiles, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has teamed up with senators from both parties to call for increased defenses.