Gov. Rick Scott, once again promising to make health care a priority, wants to make it easier to open new hospitals and trauma centers, and wants more transparency in medical costs.

Environmentalists are aggressively rallying behind Senate President Joe Negron’s plan to purchase 60,000 acres south of Lake Okeechobee.

WASHINGTON – During his campaign, Francis Rooney promoted the idea that he wasn’t part of the Capitol Hill machine. But on his first day in Congress on Tuesday, he seemed right at home.

The words Fidel Castro have been fighting ones for Maurico Claver-Carone, the man helping President-elect Donald Trump craft policy on Cuba.

Republican Donald Trump won a tight race in Florida on Tuesday, with supporters in the Panhandle, some central counties and the southwest helping him push back a huge turnout in South Florida for Democrat Hillary Clinton.

LAKELAND — Before Donald Trump ever ran for president, Veronica Torres thought of him as the guy who put a lot of Puerto Ricans out of work.

Of all the votes Dan Bongino needs on Aug. 30 to win the GOP primary for Southwest Florida's congressional district, there's a very important one he won't receive: his own.

Of all the impressive items listed on Francis Rooney's resume — former ambassador, big GOP donor, friend to presidents — the 62-year-old grandfather points to half a lifetime of experience in construction as his most relevant qualification to serve as Southwest Florida's congressman.

A subsidiary of congressional candidate Francis Rooney's national construction and real estate company received federal contracts meant for small businesses that it didn't qualify for, federal contract data show.

Florida billionaire Norman Braman‘s preferred presidential candidate is out of the running. Good thing there are Senate races, too.

Fort Lauderdale private equity manager Brian Neff says he doesn’t like how the government treats small businesses. To make his point, last June, Neff made a $10,000 political contribution through his latest limited liability corporation, Sintavia, rather than under his own name.

Scott Walker, wearing a politician’s standard pale blue shirt, red tie, and dark slacks, casually paced the stage. In a midwestern accent that embraced the Tea Party activists gathered for the Iowa Freedom Summit, he gave an emotional speech about how their prayers protected his family when it came under siege by opponents in the Occupy movement. At one point, he said, the protesters reminded him of why he became Wisconsin’s governor in the first place, spurring him to remember to “go big and to go bold.”