U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., paired up with a top Republican on the other side of Capitol Hill on Tuesday to bring out a bill they say will help small businesses in underrepresented states. 

The University of North Florida (UNF) released a poll on Tuesday taking the pulse of Florida voters on issues ranging from what to do with monuments honoring the Confederacy and its leaders to health-care and immigration.

With a year out until the 2018 elections, U.S Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is in a dead heat with Gov. Rick Scott, who is expected to challenge him next year in what is expected to be one of the top Senate races in the nation. 

At an event in Naples on Monday, Gov. Rick Scott proposed including more than $1.7 billion for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in the 2018-2019 budget he is assembling. 

On Monday, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., called on the U.S. House leadership to move quickly on a bill targeting human trafficking. 

Gas prices in Florida continue to drop as the Sunshine State puts the impacts of hurricanes behind it. 

From his perch on the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn,  R-Fla., who served more than a decade as an Army surgeon, will get a chance to focus on his “Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act” this week. 

On Friday, the state Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced that unemployment continued to drop in Florida last month even as the state reeled from the impact of Hurricane Irma and lost more than 125.000 jobs in September. 

U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., the vice chairman of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, is showcasing his proposal to expand dental care to veterans by partnering up with a number of groups based in Florida. 

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s, R-Fla., proposal to expand child tax credits was included as part of a congressional deal on tax reform and the budget, which passed the U.S. Senate on a 51-49 vote on Thursday.