Former Vice President Joe Biden is hearing the footsteps of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., in Florida, a new poll shows. 

Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) Business and Economics Polling Initiative (BEPI) released a poll on Wednesday looking at the Democratic presidential primary in the Sunshine State. Biden leads the crowded field with 34 percent with Warren in second at 24 percent. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., places third at 14 percent. 

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday a number of initiatives that encourage financial technology (FinTech) companies to start, relocate and expand in Florida. 

The governor was joined in Jacksonville by Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis, Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) Executive Director Ken Lawson, Mayor Lenny Curry and business and community leaders from throughout Duval County.

The program that has already eliminated more than 2,500 invasive pythons from Florida's Everglades is about to double down on its success.

With Gov. Ron DeSantis' encouragement and Thursday's vote by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board, the Python Elimination Program has been expanded.

Senate President Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, released Monday a congratulatory statement to the University of Florida (UF) and Florida State University (FSU) for their latest achievement, both placing on the top-20 public universities list in the U.S. News & World Report's “Best Colleges 2020” guidebook. UF is ranked No. 7, while FSU is ranked No. 18. 

Addressing reporters in West Palm Beach, South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Executive Director Drew Bartlett and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District Commander Col. Andrew Kelly announced Friday there are no Lake Okeechobee releases bound for east or west estuaries in the District's immediate future.

Following the devastation of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio sent a joint letter Wednesday to President Donald Trump, urging that he waive or suspend certain visa requirements for Bahamian citizens with relatives living in the United States.

Gov. Ron DeSantis received multiple briefings Monday on Hurricane Dorian from Division of Emergency Management Director (DEM) Jared Moskowitz and State Meteorologist Amy Godsey. Through this emergency, the governor has remained in communication with federal, state and local weather experts, as well as county emergency management directors and mayors. That is unlikely to change.

At 9 a.m. Monday, monster Hurricane Dorian's western movement had slowed to an agonizing 1 mile per hour, "adrift in a stalled flow with no steering currents" and extending the already battered northern Bahamas' nightmare. The Cat 5 storm's northward turn isn't expected until early Tuesday morning.

Strong winds and waves were starting to rake Florida's East Coast even with Hurricane Dorian some 100 miles to the east.