The Humane Society of the United States is honoring U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., as its legislator of the year, the first time a member of the Florida delegation has received the honor.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump can be pardoned if they sing along with Liza Minnelli and Frank Sinatra when it comes to “it’s up to you, New York, New York.”
Unmarried couples can now legally live together in the Sunshine State.
The statewide ban on cohabitation is officially over after Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill into law ending the ban on Wednesday. The legislation was part of a handful of other bills given the green light to become law in Florida this year.
Florida Supreme Court justices Wednesday tried to sift through arguments about the constitutionality of the state's workers-compensation insurance system --- and whether they should decide the issue.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and one of the Republicans who wants to take his place in the Senate doubled down on their support of currency sanctions on Iran on Wednesday.
Gov. Rick Scott signed into law Wednesday a mixed bag of 20 bills, from a pilot program to locate special needs persons to a bill protecting Florida's shellfish beds.
Also among these bills is SB 716, establishing a Holocaust memorial at the Capitol. The state Department of Management Services will build the memorial after it gets recommendations from the Florida Historical Commission.
The Obama administration announced on Wednesday it will use $510 million penciled in to fight Ebola to combat Zika instead and rely on $89 million in other unspent funds.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., ramped up his opposition as the Obama administration mulls over allowing banks and other countries to use the American dollar in transactions with Iran.
Sen. Darren Soto will be meeting with an immigrant advocacy organization to talk about immigrant action programs and how they will affect immigrant families in the Sunshine State.
On April 10, Soto will join the Young American Dreamers as part of a nationwide set of dinners to speak with five Florida families the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and the Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), a planned immigration program which would give deferred action to the parents of children who are either native American citizens or are lawful permanent residents of the United States.
