In the end, in a House of Representatives where Republicans dominate, private property rights were always going to win.

With buzz building that he could make another run for statewide office, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., raised his profile on security issues this week. 

The Seminole Tribe would not be required to guarantee $3 billion in payments to the state in exchange for adding craps and roulette to the tribe's casino operations, under the latest offer in gambling negotiations between the House and Senate.

Dissension? None here, say Senate President Joe Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran. The two chamber leaders issued joint statements Thursday as they agreed to allocations totaling a near $83 billion state budget for fiscal 2017-2018.

Four members of the Florida congressional delegation--Republican U.S. Reps. Carlos Curbelo and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Democratic U.S. Reps. Darren Soto and Debbie Wasserman Schultz--are backing a proposal giving Venezuelan refugees a path to permanent residency. 

A push for more federal funding to eliminate mosquitos, which was introduced by a congressman from the Sunshine State and has the support of Florida’s two U.S. senators, is gaining steam on Capitol Hill. 

After years of stalemate, House and Senate leaders appear to be closing in on a deal to revamp Florida's gambling industry and strike an agreement with the Seminole Tribe in what could be a considerable expansion of gambling throughout the state.

The House made what Sen. Bill Galvano, the Senate's chief negotiator on gambling issues, called a "substantial offer" Wednesday morning. The proposal moved toward the Senate's pari-mutuel industry friendly plan, as the May 5 end of the legislative session nears.

Gov. Rick Scott seems willing and ready to brandish his veto pen and slash through proposed cuts to Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida after state lawmakers threatened to drastically reduce funding for his twin pride and joy economic agencies -- but state lawmakers are fully prepared to fight back.

Sally Boynton Brown, the former executive director of the Idaho Democratic Party is packing her bags and heading to Florida to serve as the Florida Democratic Party’s new president.

With a Republican push to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s federal health-care law gaining steam again on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) launched an ad campaign against 30 Republicans in the U.S. House including two from the Sunshine State.