On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA) on a voice vote, sending the measure to the U.S. Senate, as the Florida delegation rallied behind it. 

A new poll shows a wide-open race to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016 with many voters not familiar with some of the top contenders. Rubio, currently running for the Republican presidential nomination, has said he will not run for a second Senate term. 

St. Leo University released a poll which shows 42 percent of those surveyed intend to vote for the Democrat while 39 percent plan to vote for the Republican. But a plurality of voters in both parties are not sure who they want as their candidate. 

As former Gov. Jeb Bush readies to launch his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday, a new poll shows he is facing major competition from another favorite son of the Sunshine State. 

St. Leo University released a poll on Wednesday which shows Bush still leads in the Florida primary but U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is closing the gap. 

U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., successfully amended U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart’s, R-Fla., Transportation House and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill Tuesday to ensure illegal immigrants would not receive taxpayer funds for housing assistance. 

Yoho’s amendment passed 244-181 with four Democrats breaking ranks to vote for it and three Republicans voting against it. Party lines held firm in Florida with all Republicans, including Diaz-Balart, voting for the amendment and Democrats united against it. 

With supporters saying a free-market approach would spur more competition and more choices for patients, a House panel Tuesday approved a proposal that would eliminate key regulations on building hospitals.

Florida’s first, true “water farm” exceeds all expectations, according to state officials. An expanded Caulkins Water Farm on 3,200 acres near Indiantown holds the promise of relief to the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon estuaries from annual deluges of polluted water -- up to half of the water storage needed to reduce annual discharges by 90 percent. 

State lawmakers continued to hammer out budget allocations this week, with Florida's education system standing to receive record funding for the 2015-2016 school year.

Large funding numbers for the state's school system were tossed around by Gov. Rick Scott, who has prioritized increased funding to improve Florida's schools and keep the state on the right track for academic success.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., might not be joining the Avengers any time soon but they are the stars of new comic books as Bluewater Productions rolls out looks at the 2016 presidential candidates. 

On Monday night, Bluewater released “Female Force: Hillary Clinton: The Road to the White House” which looks at the favorite for the Democratic nomination. 

The Democratic leadership at the national and state levels have made their choice in South Florida, rallying behind Annette Taddeo, the former chairwoman of the Miami-Dade Democrats, to run against U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., in 2016. 

Though Taddeo has failed in her past attempts to win political office and had to move to the district, Democrats are increasingly backing her campaign. 

Gov. Rick Scott's call for more money to attract businesses to Florida put an unexpected halt Monday to budget talks on transportation, tourism and economic-development issues.

Senators claimed a "lack of respect" as they sought what they considered an adequate explanation about why the House wanted to boost funding for Enterprise Florida, the state's public-private economic development agency.