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Education issues--including school closures due to mask mandates and unions not wanting to send teachers back to the classroom--are front and center meaning some of the most-watched races in next year’s elections could center...

Last week, Republicans in the Florida congressional delegation, led by U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. In the letter, the Florida Republicans condemned a recent directive from...

Florida's two U.S. senators--Marco Rubio and Rick Scott--joined more than 40 fellow Republican senators in sending a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to request an update on the status of Special Counsel...

This year’s award will total $3.8 million. Orlando’s inclusion in the program was restored in 2018 after a multi-year drought, following advocacy by the three representatives.

At the end of last week, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried wrote to Gov. Ron DeSantis, requesting that the state’s cybersecurity preparedness be discussed at the next Florida Cabinet meeting, given the recent cyberattack on the city of Oldsmar.

Rubio reintroduced the “Terror Intelligence Improvement Act” which, his office insisted, will “make it harder for suspected terrorists to purchase firearms” and “provide more authority for law enforcement agencies to go after suspected terrorists, while safeguarding law-abiding citizens’ Second Amendment and due process rights.” The Florida Republican has pushed the proposal in recent years with little success.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, tracks the background checks based on the FBI’s National Instant Background Check System (NICS). The NSSF found around 8 million Americans became first-time gun owners last year.