With 25 potential changes to the state Constitution before it, a committee Thursday began debating how to group and define the proposals that may be headed to the November general-election ballot.
A long discovery process lies ahead in the anatomy of the Parkland massacre. But one conclusion is indisputable. Or, should be.
Senate President Joe Negron is mulling an early exit from the Legislature.
The Stuart Republican will formally relinquish his leadership role to Sen. Bill Galvano after the November elections. But in an interview Friday with The News Service of Florida --- and in comments Tuesday to his hometown news outlet TCPalm.com --- Negron said he’s going to spend the next few weeks deciding if he wants to stay in the Senate the next two years as a rank-and-file member.
National Democrats are placing their bets in an open congressional race in Northeast Florida.
A Florida Republican congressman wants “ethical hackers” to test the U.S. State Department’s cyber defenses.
When asked, Javier Manjarres, managing editor of conservative blog site The Shark Tank, wouldn't confirm he's making a run for U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch's CD 22 seat, but he did sound like a man with a bone to pick with Democrat Deutch -- and a "probable" opponent for the incumbent.
September's strike of Hurricane Irma was one of the strongest storms Florida has ever seen. Every region of the state was affected in some way by the storm, which thus far has caused nearly $8 billion in insured property losses.
While $8 billion is no small number, had the storm stayed on its original forecast track just 50 to 100 miles east of its eventual path -- had it directly hit Miami-Dade County and traveled up the entire peninsula, losses easily could have been topped $100 billion.
While she has already announced her plans to retire from Congress, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the first woman to lead the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee and currently the chairwoman of the U.S. House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, is looking for Congress to have more power when it comes to nuclear cooperation with other countries.
Frustration is growing among Florida citrus farmers awaiting the distribution of $2.36 billion in federal disaster-relief money for agriculture losses sustained in Hurricane Irma.
