Democratic women in the White House are planning to wear white during President Donald Trump's first major Congressional address on Tuesday evening. The heads of the Democratic Women’s Working Group, including Chair Lois Frankel, (D-Fla.), penned a letter to members Monday—asking them to wear white in honor of the suffragette movement. However, their motive goes beyond this: Those… Read more »

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) — Lawmakers and a national audience are preparing for President Donald Trump’s address to Congress tomorrow night. The president is expected to highlight the budget, national security, and outline his plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Sherry Riggs, of Fort Pierce, says Obamacare saved her life twice, and she’s traveling to the nation’s… Read more »

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Democratic U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel is bringing a South Florida woman who credits the Affordable Care Act with saving her life to Washington Tuesday night as a guest to watch President Donald Trump’s speech before the joint session of Congress, in hopes of pushing Republicans not to repeal the contentious federal health insurance law. Frankel, of Boca Raton, said… Read more »

By Greg Allen, NPR For the third week in a row, President Trump is spending the weekend in Florida at Mar-a-Lago. It seems Trump enjoys spending time at the club he owns in Palm Beach, but since the election, his stays there have raised issues not seen when he was a private citizen. They involve security and the impact his visits are having on people and businesses in Palm… Read more »

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Rep. Lois Frankel, D-FL, joins MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin to explain why she believes there needs to be changes to the gun laws after the recent attack at the airport in Fort Lauderdale.  Watch full TV interview here. Read more »

 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/broward-politics-blog/sfl-lois-frankel-gets-gavel-women-20170106-story.html The gavel was passed Thursday night to the new co-chairwoman of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. The Democratic co-chairwoman is U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, who represents parts of Palm Beach County. (As of Tuesday, when the new Congress… Read more »

Rep. Lois Frankel discusses sexual assault in the military. Full video here. Read more »

Everglades advocates and members of Congress voiced hope Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump will support billions of dollars’ worth of projects to restore Florida’s “River of Grass,” which supplies drinking water to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and more than 7 million people. While campaigning in Florida, Trump expressed support for… Read more »

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/technology/fl-fau-freight-institute-grant-20161214-story.html Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton is slated to receive $10.5 million in federal, state and private sector funding to find ways to improve freight transportation in Florida and elsewhere around the nation. On Wednesday, local leaders joined FAU officials in announcing the… Read more »