State Rep. Fred Costello, R-Ormond Beach, launched a second bid for Congress on Thursday and reeled in the support of one of the Republican candidates who was already in the race. 

Drivers beware: a small tweak in Florida’s auto insurance legislation could have a big impact on Florida drivers, leading to possibility of increased fraud in the Sunshine State.

It looks like the official seal of the Florida Senate will soon be losing a few more flags.

Last year, in the wake of racial unrest and a nationwide rejection of the Confederate battle flag, the Senate dropped the banner from a set of flags that served as the background for the chamber's seal. The move came just a few months after a man with white supremacist views opened fire at an African-American church in Charleston, S.C., killing nine people and sparking a debate about the iconography of the Old South.

Around 2,000 teachers descended in full force upon Tallahassee to protest and demand change within the state’s education system on Thursday. 

After backing a measure censuring President Barack Obama for his executive actions on gun control last week, U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., brought out another censure against the president on Wednesday, this time hitting the White House on national security. 

The Republican presidential candidates are set to appear in another round of debates on Thursday night. Fox Business Network will host the two debates which will be held in South Carolina which hosts its primary after Iowa and New Hampshire have their says. 

State lawmakers and frenzied lobbyists returned to Tallahassee on Tuesday for yet another legislative session, but this time they were joined by a group of people who say they aren’t getting equal treatment in the Sunshine State: immigrants. 

Sen. Don Gaetz said no lobbyists were outside the Senate chamber Wednesday "casting lots" about a bill to help children with disabilities. There were no rallies and no protests.

On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the chairman of the U.S. Senate Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, announced he would be the Senate sponsors of the “Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act” which ensues only refugees and asylees from Cuba can enter the Refugee Resettlement Program instead of residents of that island. 

The Florida Senate passed its long-awaited state water bill Wednesday, making it one of the first actions of 2016 Legislature and issuing an emphatic statement about the need to safeguard Florida’s water and natural resources