A morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. THE WEEK AHEAD via the News Service of Florida The governor, with the budget on his desk awaiting a signature, heads to Chile on a trade mission next...

A public works bill passed by the US Senate on Wednesday gives Georgia a hand up in the ongoing water-rights dispute with Florida. Florida Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio each tried unsuccessfully to amend the Water...

Public Policy Polling’s monthly look at the 2016 Republican field for President finds essentially a 4 way tie at the top – Marco Rubio has 16%, Jeb Bush and Chris Christie 15% each, and Rand Paul 14%....

Senator Marco Rubio blasted controversies over the Obama Administration’s handling of the terror attack in Benghazi, IRS targeting of conservative groups, and subpoena of reporter phone records as “embarrassing to the country.” “These are things you typically...

Marco Rubio says super PACs helped drive his push for moving Florida’s presidential primary. So sayeth the headline from the Tampa Bay Times. Here’s what Rubio had to say: “All I did was let them know what the...

On his must-read blog, Christian Heinze asks, do immigration haws think Rubio is naive or nefarious. The political fallout on the right over Marco Rubio’s support for the Gang of Eight’s immigration proposal will largely hinge on this. Do...

On a relatively slow news day, Christian Heinze rolls out the ball on the 2016 campaign with five provocative statements about the presidential race, including: Jeb’s ego > Jeb’s ambition “(H)ere’s what Jeb would face with a 2016...

Senator Marco Rubio, a co-author of the Senate’s immigration reform proposal, said Thursday that he did not believe his GOP colleagues were “trying to gut” the bill with a slew of amendments. “I don’t think amendments are...

Senator Marco Rubio issued the following statement announcing his opposition to the nomination of Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez to be the next U.S. Secretary of Labor:  “After carefully reviewing Thomas Perez’s, record, views and conduct...

This morning’s must read is an op-ed  from Marco Rubio titled “What Boston means.”  Rubio employs some pretty strong language against President Obama, charging that “he is failing to explain to the American people the consequences of this conflict,...