On Thursday, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate announced Gov. Rick Scott’s request to declare the Tampa Bay area a disaster area after flooding last month was denied, prompting two Republican congressmen representing parts of the region to object.
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The team behind Tallahassee attorney Mary Thomas, running for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., came out swinging at primary rival Dr. Neal Dunn on Friday.
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Though Gov. Rick Scott's office would not confirm it, South Florida Water Management District chief executive Blake Guillory will be out of the job next week, replaced with the governor's former general counsel, Peter Antonacci.
Aside from the court-ordered dribbling out of Hillary Clinton's classified-material-filled emails, the big presidential campaign news of the summer has been the boom for Donald Trump in the race for the Republican nomination.
A greater number of Florida high schoolers are taking the SAT, but a new report from College Board shows many are still not ready for post-secondary education by the time they head to college.
More than five years after President Barack Obama signed his signature health-care proposal into law, Republicans looking to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate continue to oppose it. On Thursday, the Independent Women’s Voice announced that U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., signed its pledge to repeal Obama’s health-care law. Jolly is running for the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016.
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., said he was “proud” of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis for not issuing licenses for same-sex marriages despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. On Thursday, a federal judge held Davis in contempt and had her jailed for her continued refusal to issue the licenses.
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U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., took aim at former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton for using private servers and email for classified matters.
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Volunteer Florida announced Thursday it received almost $20 million to fund 30 AmeriCorps projects across the Sunshine State.
Most of the funds -- $10.6 million -- comes from federal grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), while $9.35 million of that comes from local grants.
Volunteer Florida CEO Chester Spellman said the funds would help projects across Florida.
