Unlike the 2015 regular session which ended in collapse, the special session morphed into redemption for many lawmakers who returned to the scene of the crime June 1 to do some serious work and burn midnight oil.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi joined federal authorities Thursday, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Personnel Management and the Food and Drug Administration, to announce the charges of 73 South Florida residents for their alleged participation in various schemes to defraud Medicare and Medicaid out of more than $262 million.
A Florida congressman took the lead in Congress to cut funds to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) while putting up safeguards for better customer service and ending the targeting of political opponents.
A Florida congressman scored a major victory on Wednesday night as the U.S. House passed his bill, without opposition, to save Medicare Advantage from being gutted by President Barack Obama’s federal health-care law.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hasn't lost her iron grip on the Democratic primary in Florida, flying high above party rivals in the Sunshine State, a new poll shows.
Clinton leads a Qunnipiac poll of Florida Democrats released Thursday morning with 64 percent. Vice President Joe Biden, who has left the door open to another presidential bid, takes distant second with 9 percent. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who is finding a niche with liberal voters looking for an alternative to Clinton, takes third with 8 percent.
Florida Republicans are closely divided between two favorite sons running for the GOP’s presidential nomination, a new poll finds.
Quinnipiac University released a poll Thursday morning showing former Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., running neck and neck in their home turf. Bush leads the poll with 20 percent followed by Rubio at 18 percent.
The state's top environmental and law-enforcement agencies may remain under interim leadership for a little longer.
Cabinet aides for Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday their offices will review applicants for the environmental and law-enforcement jobs, but they expect Gov. Rick Scott to first offer a short list of candidates or to make recommendations.
Florida will receive over $15 million in grant funding to support nearly 700 AmeriCorps members across the state, according to an announcement from the Corporation for National and Community Service released Wednesday.
Republicans in the Florida congressional delegation are looking for answers after a data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in which more than 4 million federal employees had their data stolen with many signs pointing to China as the culprit.
Two South Florida Republicans serving in the Florida House will be part of the Republican State Leadership Committee’s (RSLC) Future Majority Project (FMP) as the GOP looks to win over minority voters for the 2016 elections. The RSLC’s mission is “to elect down-ballot, state-level Republican officeholders.”
Republican state Reps. Jose Felix Diaz of Miami and Jose Oliva of Hialeah were named to the FMP board for the 2016 election cycle on Wednesday, joining more than 25 other Republicans from across the nation. Oliva is on track to become House speaker after the 2018 elections.
