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That is what three South Florida House Democrats - Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Donna Shalala, and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell - are demanding the Trump administration do to Miami's temporary detention center where illegal immigrant children are being housed. READ MORE

Shortly after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested Scot Peterson, the ex-Marjorie Stoneman Douglass High School resource officer on 11-counts related to his ‘inaction’ during the shooting that left 17 students and teachers dead, Sen. Rick Scott (R) said he was glad to see the results of an investigation he first initiated as governor.

One of the state’s largest medical-marijuana firms wants to grow bigger. Alpha Foliage filed a petition last week with the state Office of Medical Marijuana Use seeking to increase its number of storefronts.

A proposed constitutional amendment that would expand eligibility for the Medicaid program has passed a key initial threshold, readying it for review by the Florida Supreme Court.

Ridesharing giant Lyft has been giving back across the nation, and now it has expanded its philanthropic efforts to the Magic City, Miami.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida delegation are back from their historic trip to Israel, and are already back to work. The focus for Gov. DeSantis, CFO Jimmy Patronis, AG Commissioner Nikki Fried, and AG Ashley Moody, appears to be hurricane preparedness.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his family, and the entire Florida delegation that traveled to Israel, is back home from the week-long trip, and ready to get back to the daily grind.

Freshman U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R) is benefitting from the all the dysfunction in Washington, as several of his key legislative initiatives have begun to gain traction.

While key Senate and House Republicans have stated that imposing a tariff on Mexico was a bad idea, Florida Rep. Ted Yoho (R) is standing by the president’s decision.

Senator Marco Rubio (R) addressed the Democratic assertion that Republicans were to blame, reaffirming that it was the three House Republicans that stalled the bill.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is wrapping up his historic trip to Israel, and it will be back to work on Monday. Actually, the oversees trip was all business with an occasional visit to holy site. Did you see DeSantis' custom made Yarmulke? Did Netanyahu gift it to him when they met? >> READ MORE

Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) just got a bipartisan boost of support for his BLAST Act, a bill he introduced back in March with Sen. Mike Braun that would permanently ban former members of Congress from “cashing in and becoming lobbyists.”

Gov. DeSantis and the entire Florida delegation met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, where the two men exchange pleasantries and the "strong bond" between Israel and Florida

Florida U.S. Rep. Al Lawson (D) is the latest member of Congress to lend his support for Biden, saying that Uncle Joe” had a “long history of doing what’s right and not what’s easy to advance the causes of America’s working families,” he was “pleased to endorse Vice President Joe Biden.”

With that said, how do you explain the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s recent editorial saying Gov. Ron DeSantis should veto one of the significant healthcare reform bills passed by the Legislature?

A long-promoted and legally contested meeting of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet in Jerusalem became a tech glitch-filled affair Wednesday for government aides and reporters watching the session from inside the state Capitol, more than 6,000 miles away.

Flanked by Florida elected officials in Israel, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday ceremonially signed a measure that prohibits anti-Semitic speech in the state’s public schools and universities. The proposal will add religion as a protected class when it comes to discrimination against students and employees.

Mueller Addressed reporters and America during a press conference at the Department of Justice, where he reiterated that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, but did say that he did not have sufficient evidence to file charges against President Trump or anyone else.