On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced the state unemployment dipped down to 5.3 percent for August as more than 20,000 private-sector jobs were added across the state. 

The current rate is the lowest Florida has seen since February 2008 when it stood at 5.2 percent. In July, the rate stood at 5.4 percent. In the past year, the rate has dropped 0.6 percent. Since Scott took office at the start of 2011, the unemployment rate has dropped almost 5.5 percent. Florida continues to remain behind the national rate which stood at 5.1 percent in August.

On Thursday, two Florida Republicans who turned down U.S. Senate bids in recent election cycles urged the Senate to go with the “nuclear option” against President Barack Obama’s deal with Iran over that nation’s nuclear program. 

Businesswoman Carly Fiorina and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., received a boost after Wednesday night’s debate between the Republican presidential candidates, a new poll shows. 

Republicans clashed in the second round of presidential debates on Wednesday night. Held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, the 11 leading candidates debated for more than three hours on CNN. Earlier in the night, four dark horse candidates battled in the preliminary debate. 

The bottom tier of the Republican presidential field sparred in the undercard debate on Wednesday evening as they tried to break out and move up the ranks. 

While he is currently running for the presidency and has said he will not seek a second term in the U.S. Senate, a new poll shows U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., would have the edge on potential rivals who are largely unknown. 

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., can expect a fight on his hands if Gov. Rick Scott opposes him for a fourth term in 2018, a new poll shows. 

A new poll shows some of the leading Republican candidates running to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016 remain unknown to GOP voters across the Sunshine State. 

Less than a year to go until Florida Democrats hold their primary to choose their U.S. Senate candidate to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., many voters remain undecided, a new poll shows. Currently running for the Republican presidential nomination, Rubio has said he will not run for a second term in the Senate. 

Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to prominent Democrats, released a poll on Tuesday which shows a plurality of Democrats -- 39 percent -- in the Sunshine State remain undecided on who to back in the Senate race. 

Almost a year until the Florida primaries and a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate has come out swinging at one of the leading Republican hopefuls.