One of the biggest names in Florida lobbying, if not the biggest, is Ron Books. Over the last 20 years, Book has defined lobbying in the Sunshine State, consistently rising to the top as the one best ...

Florida has lost the iconic lawmaker whose name is synonymous with private property rights and with the legislation that, for the last 27 years, has served as a model for other states addressing ...

If you're worried the state isn't protecting enough environmentally sensitive lands, this was an outstanding day. The Florida Board of Trustees Tuesday approved the purchase of two conservation ...

Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, accused in a class-action lawsuit of rigging the 2016 Democratic primary in favor of Hillary Clinton, was cleared of fraud in a Miami federal court last ...

Ballot Language: This amendment ensures that Florida voters shall have the exclusive right to decide whether to authorize casino gambling by requiring that, in order for casino gambling to be ...

Since its creation in 1999, Southern Strategy Group has risen to the top of the lobbying game -- with five offices in Florida and even more in other Southern states, Southern Strategy Group ranks No.

Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., offered a plan opening the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), a retirement program that federal employees and ...

The Florida Commission on Ethics settled its case against Senate President Mike Haridopolos on Friday. In October, the commission began investigating the Merritt Island Republican after receiving a ...

Surrounded by family and loved ones, Mario Rubio, father of Republican U.S. Senate nominee Marco Rubio, died Saturday night at Baptist Hospital in Miami after a long battle with emphysema and lung ...

Politics always turns dirtier a week ahead of voting day, but somebody involved in the Republican primary for commissioner of agriculture crossed the line this year -- flooding phones with text blasts ...

While some were reeling, and others gloating, over the results of last Novembers general election, a little piece of history-making seems to have slipped underneath most observers radar: Floridas got ...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott got his first taste of the kind of advice he could get from Adam Hollingsworth during the 2010 GOP primary. The campaign of then-Naples businessman Scott was prepping for ...