Now back in the Florida House, state Rep. Loranne Ausley, D-Tallahassee, is getting attention from a national liberal group. 

It’s no secret the hotel industry is less than welcoming toward Airbnb. But now we find it goes beyond normal opposition.  So upset over the popular home-sharing website is the hotel industry that it has propped up a shell "grassroots" group as part of its ongoing effort to antagonize the most popular home-sharing site in the country.

A move to repeal Florida's no-fault auto insurance system could receive approval Wednesday from the House, though it remains unclear whether lawmakers can agree on the issue before the scheduled May 5 end of the legislative session.

Two competing bills to regulate Florida’s newly-expanded medical marijuana industry are set to sail through their final committee stops. On Tuesday, a House and Senate committee passed their respective bills to regulate the medical marijuana industry, pushing the measures one step closer to a final vote in each chamber.

Gov. Rick Scott isn’t giving up on his push to spend $100 million to fund Florida’s tourism arm, Visit Florida. 

In the aftermath of a Web video showing a man dragged off a United Airlines flight that went viral, a North Florida Republican announced plans to file legislation to stop airlines from bumping booked passengers when flights are overbooked. 

With Tuesday marking Tax Day, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., who sits on the House Budget and the Ways and Means Committees, renewed his call for tax reform and a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. 

Continuing his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination next year, Orlando businessman Chris King announced on Tuesday morning that he was expanding his team. 

As tensions rise between the United States and North Korea, two congressional representatives from the Sunshine State are calling for getting tough with the Communist regime running that nation. 

Senate Appropriations Chairman Jack Latvala said Monday he was glad to have made it "a third of the way" through the annual legislative session.

"Only 14 more weeks to go," Latvala, R-Clearwater, told the Capital Tiger Bay Club during a lunchtime appearance a few blocks from the Capitol.