The U.S. Senate approved a plan to fight the Zika virus Wednesday, the first sign of legitimate legislative progress on the issue in several months. 

The federal government approved a request for a major disaster declaration following Hurricane Hermine, which swept through Florida and left millions of dollars in damage earlier this month. 

Florida falls towards the back of the pack out of the best states for teachers, according to a new report.

Pointing to a major Florida Supreme Court ruling on attorneys' fees, state regulators issued an order Tuesday that said workers' compensation insurance rates should increase 14.5 percent starting later this year.

The long-awaited order by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation trimmed a proposal that called for increasing rates 19.6 percent. Nevertheless, business groups immediately warned that a 14.5 percent increase would hurt employers.

The stakes are getting high in South Florida as both parties get more active in a key congressional race. 

The Florida delegation is firmly behind a bill to safeguard veterans against fraud.

Let the mudslinging begin. The gauntlet has been thrown by candidates for Florida’s ultra-competitive 13th Congressional District and both are leaving no holds barred as they battle it out to head to Congress.

One of the more astute Tuesday morning reflections on the presidential debate comes from Joe Concha, media reporter for The Hill.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sparred in the first of three debates Monday evening, and the debate was full of fireworks as the two fought over issues plaguing the country and their political campaigns. 

Slightly more than a decade after the Florida Supreme Court rejected a controversial school-vouchers program, voucher opponents hope for a repeat.

Groups led by the Florida Education Association teachers union filed an initial brief Monday asking the Supreme Court to take up a challenge to the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, which pays for tens of thousands of children to attend private schools.