U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., brought out the “Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act” this week and is facing fire from the right as one of her Republican opponents insists she is trying to change the focus from her support of Planned Parenthood. 

Graham showcased the bill at a media event on Tuesday. The proposal ensures more coordination between the federal government, state governments and health-care professionals to look at Medicare outcomes for pregnancies and infant care. 

While many Florida students spent the summer at summer camp, watching cartoons or splashing around in a pool, the Florida Department of Education didn’t kick up its feet and relax the way many of the students it serves year-round did. Since the beginning of the summer, the FDOE has worked hand-in-hand with Utah-based contractor Alpine Testing to determine once and for all if the new Florida Standards Assessment test is a truly valid way to measure student achievement in the Sunshine State.

Businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump, now leading the polls in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, will be meeting evangelical leaders next month led by a Florida pastor. 

Nobody argues against slowing boats to a crawl in waters where slow-moving, endangered manatees swim and raise their young. Nor should they. There are only an estimated 5,000 of these big aquatic mammals, relative of the elephant, left in Florida waters.

Florida might have its share of Republican presidential candidates but one former presidential candidate who ran twice in the Sunshine State is behind U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.

State Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, announced Wednesday he expects to be designated the next president of the Florida Senate.

Friday marks the 60th anniversary of the murder of Emmett Till, an incident that helped spark the civil rights movement, and Florida State University (FSU) is preparing to launch an archive on that incident. 

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laps the Democratic field in Iowa but U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., leads in New Hampshire, new polls show. 

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has a strong lead in polls released on Tuesday of two key primary states. 

Even as a new poll shows Florida voters are unsure about the candidates looking to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016, some of the top contenders are going on the attack. Rubio is running for the Republican presidential nomination and has said he will not seek a second term in the Senate.