With tensions continuing to simmer with North Korea, from his perch on the U.S. Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney, R-Fla., helped bring out a bill requiring the State Department and intelligence agencies to investigate how the Kim regime obtained rocket fuel and engines.
A bill from two North Florida congressmen--Republican U.S. Rep. John Rutherford and Democrat U.S. Rep. Al Lawson--to help veterans transition out of the service and into civilian careers is picking up steam on Capitol Hill.
On Wednesday, the U.S. House passed three measures--one of them from a key member of the Florida delegation-- taking aim at Hezbollah.
Other stories will get bigger headlines, but Gov. Rick Scott's announcement Wednesday that he has proposed $63 million for teacher supply grants in his 2018-2019 budget deserves recognition.
For the second time this week, a poll shows U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Gov. Rick Scott in a dead heat for what is expected to be one of the most competitive U.S. Senate races in 2018.
A combination of short-term intensive treatment beds, long-term outpatient services and medically assisted treatment could be the blueprint for a solution to the opioid epidemic gripping the state, a powerful Senate chairwoman said Wednesday.
Gov. Rick Scott may not be an official candidate for the U.S. Senate yet, but that hasn’t stopped him from dumping a few million dollars into a new ad campaign highlighting his work on Hurricane Irma recovery efforts.
U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the U.S. House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, weighed in on the Trump administration’s handling of the nuclear deal with Iran at a subcommittee hearing on “The President’s Iran Decision: Next Steps" on Wednesday. Ros-Lehtinen said the following:
The storm may be over, but recovery is still a long road ahead -- and state lawmakers now have to grapple with how, exactly, Florida will help its Puerto Rican neighbors get back on their feet after Hurricane Maria.
