If college students are going to incur years of debt on their way to a diploma, they might as well look not only for best-value schools, but for schools with a distinct edge.

With the Department of Health unable to say when licenses will be issued in the state's new medical-marijuana industry, a House Republican on Tuesday blasted delays in carrying out a 2014 law billed as helping children with severe epilepsy.

Even with Florida Republicans Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio in the race, Dr. Ben Carson has the Sunshine State in his sights. 

Two more Republican presidential hopefuls--Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania--are headed to Orlando for the Republican Party of Florida’s (RPOF) Sunshine Summit next month. 

A bill to allow Floridians to openly carry their weapons in public passed its first committee hearing Tuesday, sailing through the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee by an 8-4 vote.

Vowing to put “principle over power,” U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., made his pitch to serve as speaker of the U.S. House this week, even as the leadership contest looms on Thursday. 

Legislative leaders hope to have a new map of the 40 state Senate districts done by 3 p.m. on Nov. 6, according to the official "call" of a special redistricting session scheduled to begin in two weeks.

House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island, and Senate President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, issued the call Monday for the special session, which will start at noon Oct. 19. Legislative leaders earlier announced the dates of the session, but the call provides formal details.

Employers might have a pretty tough time getting access to their employees’ Twitter and Facebook accounts if a new bill passes through the Florida Legislature this year.

Gov. Rick Scott, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Florida Water Management Districts announced Monday that more than $40 million from the budget signed during the summer will go to 26 springs projects across the state. These projects will also bring in almost $42 million through matching funds. 

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., is taking to the national stages as he tries to get a Green Beret reinstated in the Army after he was forced out of service when he reported an Afghan ally abusing a child.