Lois Frankel

Even before the federal government shut down Wednesday, Democratic and Republican lawmakers in South Florida were engaging in partisan finger pointing on who's to blame for the legislative standoff.

The eight Democrats said Thursday they introduced the “No Cages in the Everglades Act." The bill faces long odds of passage in the House, where Republicans hold a 220-212 majority.

The freeze affects a wide range of programs — from academic enrichment and English-language instruction to summer school and after school care.

Boca Helping Hands, which serves 35,000 people a year with food, job training and financial assistance, was already feeling the pressure from earlier federal budget cuts and a significant drop in food donations.

In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the lawmakers say gangs, including the Viv Ansanm coalition, control over 85% of the capital city of Port-au-Prince “and are rapidly expanding into previously stable areas.”

The new 118-page package would fund the government at current levels through March and adds $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in agricultural assistance to farmers. All 9 South Florida lawmakers voted in favor of bill.

South Florida members of Congress invited local residents to President Biden’s State of the Union speech to highlight how public policies affect real people.

A group of Florida Democrats in Congress unveiled legislation on Friday aimed at allowing local governments and private businesses to impose their own COVID rules — and ignore any state laws that are imposed by the Florida Legislature.

Democrat incumbent Lois Frankel won reelection in the race for Florida's District 21 congressional seat, based on unofficial results Tuesday night.

U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel held on to her seat in a Democratic primary against Guido Weiss.

Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s jailhouse death won’t alter Florida’s investigation into how the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and others handled his…

Lake Okeechobee may be a natural feature of the Florida landscape, but politics also come into play when it comes to it. More than $1 billion of federal…