Former Florida Senate Minority Leader Nan Rich, who ran for governor last year, announced on Wednesday that she is backing U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., in next year’s U.S. Senate race.
Florida Republicans are still in the dark on the GOP hopefuls running to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016, a new poll shows.
St. Pete Polls took a poll for Saint Petersblog which was released on Wednesday evening showing a plurality of Florida Republicans--44 percent--are unsure of who they will back in the Senate primary.
Donald Trump remains at the head of the pack of Republican presidential candidates in Florida, a new poll shows.
With barely a week until Christmas, the Florida Retail Federation (FRF) offered a reminder that holiday shopping season isn’t over.
With Thursday marking a year since President Barack Obama announced the start of his efforts to normalize relations with Cuba, a Florida congresswoman helped bring back a group in Congress focused on that island nation.
Former Florida Senate Minority Leader Al Lawson is back for a third try at Congress. The question is, who will he face in the Democratic primary?
In the aftermath of the Florida Supreme Court decision on congressional redistricting earlier this month, Lawson announced his intention to file in which heads west from Jacksonville, taking in all of Baker, Gadsden, Hamilton and Madison counties, most of Jefferson and Leon counties and almost half of Duval County. Lawson plans to file next month.
Pointing to reports that Cubans residing in that nation are abusing the federal Refugee Resettlement Program, on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla. proposed a bill to end that loophole.
Foreign policy and terrorism were front and center as Republican presidential hopefuls clashed in their fifth debate in Las Vegas -- last before the new year. Even without Michael Buffer bellowing “let’s get ready to rumble,” the debate had a big-fight feel, as some of the candidates tried to get back in the race while the frontrunners looked to keep their leads intact.
Robin Safley is leaving the state Division of Food, Nutrition and Wellness to take over as executive director of the Florida Association of Food Banks (FAFB).
At her new post, Safley will oversee 14 regional food banks and work with 2,500 groups across the state with more than 31,500 volunteers feeding 3.6 million people including 1.1 million children.
Safley has been active at the state Agriculture Department, including working with the state Department of Education on school lunch programs.
On Tuesday, a Florida congressman called for the federal government to keep tabs of the social media of every immigrant in the U.S. on a visa.
