From his perch on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is looking to get tough with Chinese officials and companies active in the South China Sea and the East China Sea. 

It’s “back to school”  for Florida lawmakers hoping  to make their mark in the state Legislature next year as they descend upon Tallahassee for “Legislator University” held this week at the Florida Capitol.

Gov. Rick Scott announced Wednesday that Florida businesses will continue to pay the lowest possible rate for reemployment taxes next year because of Florida’s growing economy and strong private-sector job growth rate. 

In his annual "state of the university" address on Wednesday, Florida State University President John Thrasher reiterated his strong opposition to allowing guns on university and college campuses.

As a member of the Florida Senate, Thrasher helped kill a bill in 2011 that would have allowed gun owners with concealed-weapons licenses to bring their firearms to Florida's university and state-college campuses.

"I opposed it. I killed it. I have worked against it since then," Thrasher told the FSU faculty. "And you have my promise that I will work against it this year also."

As he readies to leave Congress, U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., the outgoing chairman of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, scored a legislative final win this week. 

Republican Party of Florida chairman Blaise Ingoglia continues to rack up the endorsements for a second bid at party chair, reeling in the support of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday, but Ingoglia's opponent, Christian Ziegler, says to not count him out just yet. 

After winning a second term in the U.S. Senate last month, from his perch on the Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., offered a proposal to help that island’s sluggish economy. 

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi offered little information Tuesday about her future or her discussions with President-elect Donald Trump, as she made one of her first appearances in Tallahassee since meeting with Trump last week in New York.

The amendment to legalize medical marijuana received over 60 percent in every congressional and every Senate district in Florida, despite politicians' reservations over the drug, a new analysis shows.

With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing two and a half years away, on Monday, the U.S. House passed a proposal from two Florida congressional representatives  to introduce a commemorative coin to mark the occasion.