Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination, testified before the U.S. House Select Committee on Benghazi on Thursday and members of the Florida delegation, like most members of Congress, divided on party lines over her testimony.
The 2016 regular session may be a few months away, but a bill hoping to allow gun owners to openly carry their firearms in Florida has already begun to cause a commotion across the Sunshine State.
Need a little proof that lobbying will be heavy during the 2016 session about whether grocery shoppers should be able to load their baskets with vodka and gin while picking up some eggs and cereal?
Publix, ABC Fine Wine & Spirits and the Florida Independent Spirits Association this week joined forces to keep walls --- the actual solid masonry kind --- between grocery aisles and rows of liquor.
On Thursday, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs unanimously passed a resolution from two congressional representatives from Florida condemning the Palestinian Authority (PA) as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the matter.
Speaking at the Enterprise Florida board meeting in Orlando on Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott fleshed out his proposal to give Enterprise Florida more flexibility to help bring companies to the Sunshine State.
On Thursday, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) released the schedule for the dozen presidential hopefuls who will be headed to Orlando next month for the Sunshine Summit.
Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner is exploring what the state can do to shut down daily fantasy sports, even as federal prosecutors are probing the online industry that has taken the nation by storm and drawn accusations of illegal gambling.
Gardiner has asked his lawyers to look into fantasy sports, in which players pay entry fees to draft "teams" that compete against each other for cash prizes based on the actual performance of players.
The Senate Committee on Reapportionment is moving full speed ahead with its new state Senate maps, planning to have a committee vote on a map on Friday and bring it to the floor as early as Monday.
Former Gov. Charlie Crist launched his bid to replace U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., in Congress on Tuesday and he and his main Democratic primary rival unveiled major endorsements on Wednesday.
The Florida Supreme Court will be taking up an oral argument to legalize medical marijuana in Florida, according to an order posted to its website Wednesday. The court-ordered arguments will take place at 9 a.m. Dec. 8. Each side will have 20 minutes for oral arguments.
