Candidates are starting to line up across Florida to run for office in 2018 but one big name will be sitting on the sidelines next year. 

While gas prices traditionally increase in the second half of August, motorists across the Sunshine State saw prices at the pump decrease slightly in recent days. 

State Sen. Linda Stewart, D-Orlando, expanded her portfolio in Tallahassee last week, the latest up in what has been somewhat of a roller coaster political career. 

This week, even as he continues to criticize President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., is going to bat for one of the president’s top causes: tax reform. 

Firefighters are starting to get involved in the Republican primary to replace term-limited Gov. Rick Scott in 2018. 

From his perch on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., praised the U.S. State Department’s latest efforts on advancing religious freedom across the globe. 

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) took aim at U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., on Wednesday, running a new online ad hitting the former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairwoman on ethics. 

U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla., doubled down on his support for the economic agenda pushed by U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, and U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. 

Based on the first half of 2017, Florida is primed for another record breaking year for tourism. 

Democrats in the Florida Legislature, especially those from his Central Florida home turf, are starting to fall in line behind attorney Ryan Torrens’ bid to be the state’s next attorney general.