This week, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., showcased his support for a proposal to expand when college students can use Pell Grants.
Curbelo is playing a key role in U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik’s, R-N.Y., “Flexible Pell Grant for 21st Century Students Act” which allows college students to use Pell Grants for summer term classes instead of just fall and spring semester courses.
With activists gearing up to bring an amendment to the state Constitution raising the minimum wage, a new poll shows it starts off the 2016 election cycle with solid support. Currently, the minimum wage in Florida stands at $8.05.
Despite a similar measure going down in 2014, a new poll shows Florida voters back a state constitutional amendment expanding medical marijuana use in the Sunshine State. St. Pete Polls took a poll on behalf of Saint Petersblog which was released on Friday showing 68 percent of Florida voters back the proposed amendment while 25 percent are opposed and 7 percent are undecided. To amend the state Constitution, a proposal must get 60 percent at the ballot box.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., announced on Thursday that he will not run for the U.S. Senate in 2016 and will stay in the U.S. House working on reforming the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Miller, the chairman of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, had opened the door to running in the Republican primary to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016. Rubio is running for the Republican presidential nomination and has said he will not seek a second term in the Senate.
The latest conservative effort to boot John Boehner as speaker of the House could impact a Republican congressman running for the Senate in Florida.
Mark Meadows and other conservatives have little chance to take Boehner down, but their latest attempt puts Ron DeSantis in something of a tight spot.
A new poll shows a slim majority of Florida Democrats are undecided on who they want to run for the U.S. Senate in 2016.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remains the favorite to win the Democratic presidential primary in early 2016 but she is starting to hear the footsteps of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
St. Pete Polls released a survey taken for St. Petersblog on Thursday of likely Democratic primary voters and Clinton gets a majority of those surveyed.
U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., relied on his background as a large-animal veterinarian as he brought out a bill to protect horses.
Yoho is the House sponsor of the “Prevent All Soring Tactics" (PAST) Act. The bill amends the federal Horse Protection Act of 1970 by ending horse soring attempts to change the animal’s natural gait through painful processes often involving chemicals and devices.
Bringing out the bill on Tuesday, Yoho explained why it was needed on Wednesday.
U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., continued his efforts for federal criminal justice reform this week, teaming up with a Louisiana Democrat on a bill to streamline federal criminal codes.
In the aftermath of undercover videos made by pro-life activists which appear to show Planned Parenthood officials backed making profits off of fetal tissues, Gov. Rick Scott said on Wednesday he was launching an investigation of the 16 Planned Parenthood offices across the Sunshine State.
