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What ‘Attack’ Is More Likely: Alligator or Gun?

Florida is one of 20 states that specifically bans firearms on college campuses, but the Florida Legislature is moving toward allowing guns on campuses....

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Fact-Checking Jeb Bush: Does FL Have A Religious Freedom Law Like Indiana’s?

As debate over Indiana's new religious freedom law continues -- with one side saying it allows discrimination against gays and the other saying it...

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PolitiFact Florida on Rubio and 'Dreamers,' Scott on Medicaid

Now that Sen. Marco Rubio is officially running for president, he's already being hit with a barrage of attack ads. One of them says he tried to deport...

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Politifact Florida on House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Medicaid Expansion

The Florida House and Senate have been going back and forth over whether or not the state should accept billions of federal dollars to expand Medicaid...

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PolitiFact Florida: Rubio on Cap & Trade, Bush on Education Spending

PolitiFact Florida recently put a pair of claims from two of the leading candidates on the Republican side in the 2016 race for the White House under...

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PolitiFact Florida Checks out Claims on Donors, Experience

Campaign donors and political experience are just two topics candidates and those considering a run for office in 2016 are already talking about....

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PolitiFact Florida on Scott Giving LIP to the Feds; Clinton on Immigration

The quagmire in Tallahassee over health care spending forced an early end to the spring legislative session. At the heart of it is a federal program...

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PolitiFact Florida Checks Out Iraq Remarks by Jeb, Marco

The Iraq war is back in the news in a big way, after Jeb Bush stumbled on the question of "knowing what you know know, would you have invaded Iraq." We...

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FL Gets Billions More From Feds Than It Gives? ‘Mostly True’

The 2015 Florida legislative session came screeching to a halt three days early, when House and Senate lawmakers could not agree on health care funding....

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PolitiFact Florida on Lobbyists and Jeb Channeling His Inner "Veto Corleone"

Is more money spent on lobbying in this country than on political campaigns? And did Jeb Bush really compare himself to "Veto Corleone?" For the answer...

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Is Rick Scott the Environmental Governor? And PolitiFact Fl on Marco and Job...

Is Rick Scott really the environmental governor? And did Marco Rubio strike a nerve when he said more businesses now fail in the country than start up?...

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PolitiFact Florida Checks out Jeb Bush's Tax Cuts, Voter Purge

It's been just a couple of days since Jeb Bush announced his candidacy for president - and already his time in Tallahassee is getting a lot of scrutiny....

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Politifact Florida on Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio

Both of the statements made this week by two Republican presidential candidates in Florida came up half true on the Politifact Florida Truth-O-Meter....

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PolitiFact Florida: Mostly False, Mostly True Claims In Bush Meme

As the pool of candidates for the Republican presidential nomination grows, so do the claims about the candidates. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is...

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PolitiFact Florida: Jeb's Tuition Raises 'Mostly True'

Jeb Bush has been getting a lot of attention for his stances on education in his run-up for the GOP nod for president. But his past is also getting a...

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