While schools from the Sunshine State won’t be competing for the national football title, Florida will play a big role as college bowl season begins, hosting almost ten games while four teams from the state will play in the post-season. 

Pointing to rising death rates across the country, at the end of last week, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., teamed up with an  Ohio Democrat in an effort to crack down on fentanyl abuse. 

Despite other contenders placing their bets there, former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., is putting his chips on New Hampshire, a state where his family has had mixed results over the years. 

Jesse Panuccio will step down as executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), Gov. Rick Scott announced on Friday. 

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum has opened the door to running for Congress, potentially challenging U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., in the Democratic primary. 

A Florida Democrat teamed up with a North Carolina Republican demanding answers for why the federal government has shrunk red snapper season. 

The dean of the Florida congressional delegation heads into 2016 with new key staff and representing different parts of Miami-Dade County. 

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., announced on Wednesday that he would be the Senate sponsor of a bill looking to offer Florida’s citrus industry relief in the wake of citrus greening.

In the aftermath of the Florida Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday to enact a map from the League of Women Voters (LWV) as the new congressional districts in the Sunshine State, two congressional Democrats carried out their promise not to run against each other. 

The Florida Supreme Court ruled on a 5-2 decision on Wednesday to use the League of Women Voters’ (LWV) proposed map for congressional redistricting.