As Florida’s economy continues to recover, voters feel better about the Sunshine State’s future and Gov. Rick Scott’s policies, a new poll shows.

A new poll shows former Gov. Jeb Bush, runs better in Florida against former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton than he does against Donald Trump in Florida, the largest swing state on the map, but the celebrity businessman leads the Republican primary. 

A prominent tea party leader is talking up a Florida congressman as a potential replacement for U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who announced last week that he would leave Congress by the end of October. 

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said Monday that Florida lawmakers must approve a water-policy plan floated last spring to avoid the types of shortages being experienced in California.

Putnam, warning of "dark clouds on the horizon" at the Florida Chamber of Commerce's Future of Florida Forum, also spoke of the need to further improve educational options in the state and for a third natural-gas pipeline to be built to further diversify the state's energy sources.

Nearly half of Florida’s 10th graders would fail the English Language Arts portion of the Florida Standards Assessment this year according to a set of recommended cut scores proposed Monday by Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart. 

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., wants to get Social Security numbers off of tax documents, including W-2s. The Florida congressman showcased a bill on Monday to allow Americans to use numbers issued by employers instead of Social Security numbers when they file their taxes. Buchanan, who sites on the Ways and Means Committee, said his “Taxpayer Identity Protection Act” would help protect Americans’ data. 

With U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the GOP whip in Congress, now running to be House majority leader in the shakeup after U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced he was going to give up his seat at the end of October,  a Florida congressman is looking to move up the leadership ladder. 

Now trailing many of the top Republican candidates in Florida polls, in the largest swing state on the map, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination, will be heading to the Sunshine State this week. 

Evidence of widespread Republican angst cast a shadow from the nation's capital to the Sunshine State this week.

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner on Friday rocked the political world with his announcement that he is resigning from his seat late next month.

Succumbing to pressure from conservatives, Boehner's decision to call it a day came at the height of an intraparty GOP Game of Thrones over a possible government shutdown.

On Friday, U.S. House John Boehner’s, R-Ohio, resignation took center stage in one of the most competitive congressional elections in Florida.