The number of Zika cases in the Miami-Dade area continues to rise as mosquitos continue transmitting the virus locally, according to reports from the Department of Health. 

Working for the Florida Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, can pay a pretty penny -- to the tune of up to a six figure salary, according to numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor.

The Second Amendment has taken center stage in the already contentious presidential race, and Florida gun groups are taking sides in the political fray. 

Despite the party divide, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Florida Gov. Rick Scott may have at least one thing in common: a pesky little bug which thrives in the humid Florida weather, transmitting Florida’s four-letter word: Zika.

The countdown is on to the Aug. 30 primary, but Florida voters won’t be confined to solely voting that Tuesday -- in fact, they’ll have a full two weeks of early voting in some counties statewide. 

Senate hopeful and former state Rep. Doug Holder wants Floridians to vote for him because he fought against Common Core, but anti-Common Core activists say that’s not the case.

The Bushes, one of the country's most spotlighted political families, have kept mum on endorsing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during this year's election cycle -- until now.

The fight over medical marijuana has raked in big money from both supporters and opponents of the constitutional amendment, but far more donations have come from the campaign fighting for medical marijuana in Florida than those fighting against it.

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has put himself between veterans after engaging in a heated spat earlier this week with the family of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, killed in the Iraq war in 2004. And Trump's continued attacks on the family could prove costly in Florida, a state 1.6 million veterans call home.

Back-to-school shoppers are gearing up for this year’s three-day back-to-school tax cut holiday, which starts Friday and runs through Sunday.