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Fla., Congresswomen Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Lois Frankel are among nearly 36 members of Congress calling out Amazon's leadership.
Gov. Ron DeSantis might never have suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren if not for pressure from Larry Keefe.
“The rest of the country, we are not seeing really good performance from a lot of these Republicans,” DeSantis said.
The federal trial wrapped up Thursday in suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren's lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis.
In March, high school students filled the fourth floor rotunda of the Florida Capitol building in Tallahassee and excoriated Ron DeSantis.
Scott argues that the requirement that all members of the U.S. Army must be vaccinated against COVID-19 is "hurting military readiness."
The Florida House and Senate saw major upticks for Republican women elected to serve in the 2022-24 legislative term.
President Biden says that Congress needs to pass emergency legislation to avert a nationwide rail strike that would “devastate our economy."
Andrew Warren took the stand in a federal courthouse in Tallahassee to recount the day when a top legal aide to DeSantis escorted him out.
What began as a news conference in Jacksonville about a multi-million railway project led to DeSantis's bashing of LGBTQ culture.
Over 12 environmental and community-based organizations are calling on new leaders of the Florida Legislature to create a special committee.
Following destruction caused by Hurricane Ian that swept through the state, Florida is getting more help in the holiday season.
The report indicates DeSantis has not gone after a Republican sheriff "who did essentially what DeSantis accuses Warren of doing."
Florida reported more than 74,000 legal abortions among women aged 15-44 during 2020, according to new data.
"It's so vague," "We don't know what it means," were comments from one Democrat, regarding what Republicans called "just technical updates."
The Florida Legislature convenes to reorganize itself following elections that produced supermajorities for the Republican Party.
Well over a hundred anti-abortion protesters gathered on the 4th floor of the rotunda in the Florida Capitol building on Tuesday.
In his first speech as Florida Speaker of the House, Paul Renner focused Tuesday on bread-and-butter measures such as reducing taxes.
The Florida Senate formally installed Naples Republican Kathleen Passidomo as its first woman president in a generation Tuesday.
Florida lawmakers are scheduled to return to Tallahassee soon for another special session to deal with the property insurance crisis.