This past weekend, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined a group of Republican members of the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence to tour the Middle East and examine American programs.
U.S. Reps. Brian Mast and Charlie Crist are teaming up to demand President Donald Trump speed up the federal government’s role in restoring the Everglades, nearly a decade after Crist put the kibosh on a much-needed project to clean up one of the state’s most precious environmental commodities.
A day after a newly elected prosecutor said she would not seek the death penalty in capital cases, the remainder of Florida's 20 state attorneys affirmed Friday they intend to pursue death sentences when appropriate.
Democratic lawmakers are taking a stand against legislation to crack down on sanctuary cities with a counterproposal banning local governments from detaining undocumented immigrants in the Sunshine State.
A resolution from U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., calling for other nations to crack down on the illicit fentanyl trade cleared the Senate without opposition this week. Rubio and Markey are both on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
As Republicans ponder the best way to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s federal health care law, a conservative Florida Republican in Congress is looking to ensure the private sector will play a larger role.
President Donald Trump unveiled his $1.15 trillion budget in the early hours of Thursday morning with pledges to increase defense spending, but many Florida lawmakers have yet to be convinced the proposal is a step in the right direction for the nation.
Award winning or in need of reform?
At this point, it looks like both, as the Florida Senate this week moved forward with a plan (SB 374) to overhaul the state college system, while two of the colleges won national awards recognizing their work.
On Tuesday, the Aspen Institute designated Broward College and Indian River State College as "finalists with distinction," essentially the top runner-up award in a national competition recognizing the best community colleges in the nation. Each school will receive $100,000 in Aspen Prize money.
As they try to find a path to flip the U.S. House in 2018, Democrats are increasingly focused on taking down U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the current dean of the Florida delegation.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined with two Senate conservatives on Wednesday to back a proposal reforming Social Security disability benefits.
