Lisa Edgar, who is ending a 12-year run as a state utility regulator, has been appointed director of the Florida Park Service, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced Tuesday.

The 115th Congress will launch in the new year and there will be major changes in the Florida delegation. 

Republican Party of Florida chairman Blaise Ingoglia continues to rack up endorsements in his bid for reelection. 

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., one of the co-chairs of the South Sudan Caucus, has been doubling down on his efforts to ensure a weapons ban on that African nation. 

The controversial Florida Supreme Court and civil courts in South Florida find themselves dubiously honored in fourth position on the American Tort Reform Foundation's 2016-2017 list of "Judicial Hellholes" -- putting them among the nation's most unfair courts in the handling of civil litigation.

For the first time since the Great Recession began in 2007, more than 50 percent of Floridians are more optimistic than pessimistic about the state's direction, according to a Florida Chamber poll just completed.

It’s official: Florida’s 29 electors have cast their votes in support of President-elect Donald Trump. 

Florida’s largest teachers’ union is throwing its weight behind Miami superdonor Stephen Bittel over former state Sen. Dwight Bullard in the race for Florida Democratic Party chair.

Another agency's controversial contract with a Miami rapper, and its aftermath, was on the mind of Space Florida officials Friday, as they reaffirmed a $1 million line of credit for an unnamed company.

Getting ready to start his second term next month, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced on Monday that he will bring in a new chief of staff.