Anti-Common Core activists have been quiet in recent months, but the groups are gearing up to stick it to politicians supporting the controversial standards and their implementation in Florida.

One group, Florida Parents Against Common Core, has taken aim at Rep. Ritch Workman, R-Melbourne, and recent ad which says Workman lead the fight to abolish Common Core.

Workman will battle Rep. Debbie Mayfield for Florida’s Senate District 17 and recent ads have touted his accomplishments as a state representative. 

The first case of microcephaly, a birth defect in which a baby's head is significantly smaller than expected, often due to abnormal brain development, caused by Zika has come to Florida, the Florida Department of Health announced Tuesday.

Most of the Republican field has cleared the path for U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio to run for reelection this year except real estate developer Carlos Beruff, who is holding out to face off against Rubio in the primary.

Jacksonville Rep. Charles McBurney will not be appointed as judge of Florida’s 4th Judicial Circuit, and the National Rifle Association could have had a big hand in why McBurney wasn’t selected.

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Barack Obama’s immigration plan with a tie vote on Thursday.

Florida Democrats joined the chorus of U.S. House Democrats in a sit-in on the House floor to demand a vote over gun control legislation.

Democratic candidate Andrew Korge, looking for a district where he can win, offered state Sen. Dwight Bullard $25,000 if he would get out of the way and move to a different Senate District, Sunshine State News has learned. 

A bright red-shaped boxing glove statue sitting on lawmakers’ desks shows the fight is on for Florida education.

Florida’s Senate races reeled in the dough for the month of May, and politicos statewide were getting busy raising big money for their campaigns. With only five months left until the November general election, candidates are gearing up to a big summer of fundraising, and the numbers are just heating up.

The U.S. Senate rejected four proposals to limit guns on Monday in the wake of an shooting at an Orlando nightclub which left 50 people dead and dozens injured.