Joe Gruters’ email notifications won’t stop ringing. 

The secret’s out: Florida shelled out $1 million to rapper Pitbull for a sexy music video promoting Florida tourism.

With a major nursing-home group looking for changes, a Senate panel Wednesday began delving into part of the Medicaid program that involves seniors enrolling in managed-care plans.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., scored a win this week as Congress sent his bill to ensure the State Department does more to protect religious liberty across the globe to President Barack Obama. 

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the first woman to ever chair the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee and currently the chairwoman of the U.S. House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, scored a victory this week as Congress sent the “United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016” to President Barack Obama’s desk. 

Republican Party of Florida chair Blaise Ingoglia continues to reel in the support of Republican politicians, announcing the endorsement of Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater on Wednesday. 

Overnight, Dwight Bullard's political future went from rags to riches when Bernie Sanders, next to Barack Obama probably the most powerful Democrat in America, put out a call for Miami-Dade Dems to vote for the former state senator for county committeeman.

¡Dale! Richard Corcoran is taking Pitbull from sexy beaches to a stuffy courtroom after the South Florida rapper's production company failed to disclose how much taxpayers spent for a television ad to promote Florida tourism.

The battle lines are being drawn. Or maybe they never went away.

But Florida senators Tuesday got a taste of the debate that will play out in the coming months among business, legal and labor groups as the Legislature looks at revamping the workers' compensation insurance system.

For business groups, the issue is about too much money going to attorneys who represent injured workers. For workers' attorneys, the issue is about insurers not properly paying claims. And for labor unions, the issue is about a system that has slashed benefits for people hurt on the job.

Toting up employment progress at the state's ports, Gov. Rick Scott announced Tuesday that Florida seaports combined have created 200,000 new jobs since 2012.