Local Politics

On Tuesday morning, Florida state lawmakers will gavel-in their annual 60-day legislative session with a plate-full of issues. Democrats, in the minority,  are already expecting an uphill climb. “I feel like we’re playing a lot of defense on the minority side,” said Miami-Dade State Representative Michael Grieco. “It is a lot of bad bill...

In January, Florida’s two Republican senators voted to declare former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial unconstitutional. The Senate rejected the Republican attempt to dismiss the trial, a vote that allows the case on “incitement of insurrection” to move forward, but also foreshadows that there may not be enough votes to convict Tru...

Ivanka Trump will not be running for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate seat in 2022 as she settles into life after Washington

The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump is a “complete waste of time,” Florida Sen. Rick Scott told reporters Wednesday. The Republican Scott spoke with reporters after viewing explicit videos of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot during Wednesday’s session of the Senate trial. “This is a complete waste of time,” Scott said,...

Three Republican South Florida representatives voted Thursday to strip Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of her House committee assignments over her past hateful comments and spreading of conspiracy theories, including one that implied the Parkland school shooting was a hoax.

A new video, posted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, looks to link Greene to newly elected South Florida Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar.

Florida Democratic Party leaders have elected former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz as the state’s new party chair

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans on bringing forward articles of impeachment Monday, hoping to remove President Donald Trump before he leaves office on Jan. 20. Earlier this week, President Trump incited a mob of his supporters to storm the Capitol to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power, as lawmakers were certifying the Electoral College votes o...

Florida Senator Rick Scott released a statement urging Donald Trump to attend the inauguration of Joe Biden after the president tweeted that he would not be in attendance.

Members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives will vote Wednesday to accept or reject the results of the Electoral College, won by President-elect Joe Biden during the November election. Outgoing President Donald Trump continues to pressure Republican lawmakers to overturn the decision made by American voters.  Key Florida R...

Florida’s  29 Electoral College voters were cast for President Donald during a ceremony in the Senate chamber

Miami-Dade County commissioners appointed a new commissioner for District 8, filling a seat which was vacated by current county mayor Daniella Levine Cava last month. In a vote of 10 to 1, commissioners appointed Danielle Cohen Higgins to take control of District 8, which covers parts of Cutler Bay and Homestead. Current Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella L...

Investigators are now looking into the razor-thin Florida State Senate District 37 election in Miami-Dade after Republican Illeana Garcia defeated incumbent Democrat Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez in a recount by 34 votes.