Four South Florida congressional representatives--Republican U.S. Reps. Carlos Curbelo and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Democrats U.S. Reps. Alcee Hastings and Frederica Wilson--teamed up on Tuesday to unveil a proposal giving more than 300,000 migrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua permanent resident status.
On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., took the Senate floor to urge expanding the child tax credit be included in its tax reform efforts. Rubio and U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, are backing legislation to expand the child tax credit. Rubio said the following on the Senate floor:
This week, from their perches on the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, two Florida Republican congressmen highlighted a bill to help recruit and retain doctors in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
With Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine expected to launch a gubernatorial bid on Wednesday, a new poll shows the South Florida Democrat has some work to do if he wants to win his party’s nomination in next year’s primary.
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UPDATE 2:00 p.m.: Daisy Baez has resigned from officeFlorida Democratic legislators have lost another member to scandal -- on Wednesday, state Rep. Daisy Baez is expected to resign after months of controversy for living outside her district.
A man who drove a pickup truck into a bicycle path near the One World Trade Center building in New York City on Tuesday had a driver’s license with a Tampa address, police say.
Florida Senate Democrats will vote next week on a replacement for former Sen. Jeff Clemens, who was slated to take over as caucus leader after the 2018 elections but who resigned Friday after admitting an extramarital affair with a lobbyist.
Sales tax on school supplies and clothes would be lifted for two consecutive weekends in 2018 if a new proposal from a Florida lawmaker passes this legislative session.
Tallahassee lawmakers beware -- watchful eyes are spying on state legislators, hoping to dig up dirt by sneaking glimpses at their personal lives and whereabouts as they move through the state Capitol.
