The Climate Solutions Caucus, which was founded by two South Florida congressmen, continued to expand this week with ten new members. 

With Florida voters backing medical marijuana at the polls back in November, a South Florida Republican wants to make sure marijuana businesses are taxed fairly. 

Politics makes strange bedfellows, as demonstrated by an accord reached by The Florida Bar and alimony reform advocates.

But even though the one-time adversaries reached reconciliation over a controversial alimony overhaul, the proposal is dead for this year's legislative session.

Senate Children, Families and Elder Affairs Chairman Rene Garcia said he won't schedule the bill for a hearing.

This week, from his perch as vice chairman of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., focused on veterans issues this week. 

On Thursday, GOPAC announced its latest “Class of Emerging Leaders" and included a member of the Florida House in it. 

The Florida House on Wednesday narrowly approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit Supreme Court justices and appeals-court judges to two consecutive terms in office, sending a major priority of Speaker Richard Corcoran to an uncertain fate in the Senate.

Optometrists are now among the largest donors to political causes in Florida, according to state tax filings.

The Florida Senate and the House of Representatives have two very different ideas on how much money the state should give to Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida, setting up a showdown over the public-private agencies which has quickly morphed into one of the hottest issues during the 2017 legislative session.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi will take a spot on the White House’s Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission, Bondi announced Wednesday.

This week, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., one of the co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Sudan and South Sudan, shared his thoughts on that region to U.S. Sec. of State Rex Tillerson, urging the Trump administration to “implement a strong, effective strategy that reflects American values and promotes peace and stability throughout this volatile region, where man-made conflict has resulted in famine and the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis.”