It’s been a little over a week since state lawmakers reached an impasse over legislation to regulate medical marijuana, but one state lawmaker is helping lead the charge to tell legislators their work with medical cannabis isn’t over just yet. 

Almost from the moment the gavel fell on the regular legislative session Monday night, there were already calls for a special session.

The regular session was grinding and filled with squabbling --- and ended three days late --- and some members wanted to do it all over again.

If Adam Putnam is successful in his bid for governor next year, he will become the fourth governor who can claim Polk County as his home.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has renewed his fight to reform the federal Department of Veterans Affairs. 

The federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced this week that it will adhere to  American Cancer Society (ACS) breast cancer screening guidelines, a decision which won the applause of a South Florida congresswoman who had been urging the department adopt them. 

Even while Florida lawmakers have insisted they do not want patients to smoke pot, one of the state's seven licensed medical-marijuana vendors on Tuesday began selling whole-flower cannabis.

Vowing to put “Florida first,” state Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam kicked off his bid to be the Sunshine State’s 46th governor on Wednesday with an event in Polk County. 

U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., teamed up with fellow congressional freshman U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-NJ, to introduce a proposal to boost Israel’s security. 

President Donald Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey, the White House announced Tuesday afternoon.

State Rep. Jay Fant, R-Jacksonville, kicked off his bid to be Florida’s next attorney general on Tuesday, with a morning media appearance in Tallahassee with stops scheduled for Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville later in the day.