Florida leaders are offering their words of support after a mass shooting at an Orlando gay club late Saturday night. 

Nearly 8,000 people have emailed Gov. Rick Scott to oppose Rep. Charles McBurney’s judgeship appointment after the National Rifle Association’s called on its members to tell the governor McBurney is “unfit” to be a circuit court judge. 

Florida students performed slightly better on this year’s mathematics portion of the Florida Standards Assessment than they did last year, but the passing percentage remained the same for the English Language Arts section of the test, according to results released Friday.

The state of Florida’s workers’ compensation system suffered another blow Thursday when the Florida Supreme Court ruled another part of the state’s workers’ compensation insurance system is unconstitutional.

In a 5-2 decision, the Florida Supreme Court struck down a law limiting payments to injured workers for two years, instead ordering that the payments for injured workers should last five years. 

President Barack Obama endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for President Thursday afternoon -- a big boost to Clinton’s presidential ambitions as the presumptive Democratic candidate.

In a video released Thursday, Obama praises Clinton for becoming the first woman to lock up the presidential nomination in any major party.

Obama also says he is confident Clinton can get the job done.

“I know how hard this job can be,” Obama says in the video. “That’s why I know Hillary will be so good at it.”

Tropical Storm Colin hammered much of Florida Monday, dumping fast-accumulating rain and causing flooding in certain parts of the Sunshine State. 

Gun rights groups are unleashing their wrath at a Jacksonville Republican who didn’t support a measure to shift the Burden of Proof in Stand Your Ground in the Florida Legislature this year, and it could cost him a circuit judgeship.

Gun control advocates are wearing orange on Thursday to participate in National Gun Violence Awareness Day and the movement has made its way to Florida.

House Speaker Paul Ryan is all aboard Team Trump, announcing he’ll be casting his vote for the billionaire businessman to be the country’s next president this November.

Wednesday marked the official start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season, and state officials are making sure Floridians are doing everything they can to be prepared for this year’s storm season.