Sen. Jeff Brandes drove an electric car around the state Capitol on Thursday. Someone might want to ask him if he got up to 88 mph.

Because much of this week in Tallahassee seemed like it was going Back to the Future. (The DeLorean in the 1980s film franchise had to reach 88 mph to start the time-travel process.) From the debate over guns on college campuses to the continuing fallout from this year's botched roll-out of the state's new standardized tests, the discussion seemed to be holdovers or leftovers from the 2015 legislative session --- or even earlier.

Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart said Friday the Florida Department of Education will be seeking monetary damages from American Institutes for Research over this year’s technical difficulties with the Florida Standards Assessment.

After recent economic turbulence in China and on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve decided not to raise interest rates last week.

Despite St. Augustine, the nation‘s oldest city, marking its 450th anniversary earlier this month, it’s fitting that King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain are in St. Augustine this week as Sunday marks the 450th anniversary of Spain establishing its hold over Florida. 

While it’s not often included in the history books, Sept. 20, 1565, was one of the pivotal days in American history because of French efforts to colonize the American Southeast 

On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced the state unemployment dipped down to 5.3 percent for August as more than 20,000 private-sector jobs were added across the state. 

The current rate is the lowest Florida has seen since February 2008 when it stood at 5.2 percent. In July, the rate stood at 5.4 percent. In the past year, the rate has dropped 0.6 percent. Since Scott took office at the start of 2011, the unemployment rate has dropped almost 5.5 percent. Florida continues to remain behind the national rate which stood at 5.1 percent in August.

Florida has failed to land a "significant" Connecticut-based company, one of "America's oldest and largest," according to Florida's top business recruiter.

Yet while Florida has been actively pursuing the headquarters of the Connecticut-based conglomerate General Electric in recent months, no one will identify the whale of a company that doesn't want to move south of the Georgia-Florida line.

The Florida Department of Education is working overtime to “set the record straight” about recent results of the validity study of the Florida Standards Assessment, saying some people have misinterpreted the study’s results.

On Thursday, two Florida Republicans who turned down U.S. Senate bids in recent election cycles urged the Senate to go with the “nuclear option” against President Barack Obama’s deal with Iran over that nation’s nuclear program. 

Businesswoman Carly Fiorina and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., received a boost after Wednesday night’s debate between the Republican presidential candidates, a new poll shows. 

A key senator wants Gov. Rick Scott's office to tone down how it has publicly pushed for more economic-development money, as lawmakers seek to revamp the state's business-incentives program.

Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, got an apology Wednesday from Bill Johnson, Scott's top business recruiter, as a committee overview of Enterprise Florida led to discussions that focused heavily on a growing debate about funding for the economic-development agency.