U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., took to the national stage on Tuesday night as he offered the Spanish language Republican response to President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union.
Members of the Florida congressional delegation divided on party lines over President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address.
After Obama spoke on Tuesday night, Republicans from the Sunshine State lined up against it, hitting the White House on a number of fronts.
U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., part of the congressional leadership as senior deputy majority whip, dismissed Obama’s speech as “empty words” and insisted many of his policies had “failed” during his two terms.
As House Speaker Steve Crisafulli started the 2016 legislative session Tuesday, he couldn't avoid bringing up last year.
Bottom line, 2015 was a slog, with lawmakers holding a regular session and three special sessions amid sometimes-nasty disputes between the House and Senate.
State lawmakers, lobbyists, the governor, city mayors, political groups and members of the public descended upon Tallahassee Tuesday to mark the opening day of Florida’s 60-day legislative session.
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) took aim at former Miami Dade Democratic Chairwoman Annette Taddeo on Tuesday, insisting her inability to clear the decks shows she is a weak candidate as she vies to take on U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., in November.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its latest forecast of Florida orange production and, while unchanged from last month, the figures remain almost 30 percent below what they were last season.
After Gov. Rick Scott gave his sixth State of the State address on Tuesday, groups across Florida reacted to his call for $1 billion in tax cuts and an additional $250 million for Enterprise Florida to recruit businesses to the state.
With the two chambers of the Florida Legislature at odds with each other much of last year, Gov. Rick Scott offered his sixth State of the State address on Tuesday morning, looking to rally support behind his calls for $1 billion in tax cuts and for $250 million for Enterprise Florida to lure jobs to the Sunshine State.
Florida’s 60-day legislative session is set to kick off Tuesday, and the Florida Association of Health Plans is listing out what will be its top priorities for this year’s legislative session.
Florida health officials are holding to a deadline next month for the state's first medical marijuana businesses to seek permission to begin growing non-euphoric cannabis, even with hearings in license challenges stacked up through mid-summer.
