Jim DeFede talks to Cassel, who breaks her silence about switching her political party affiliation from Democrat to ...

CBS News Miami's Jim talks to State Representative Hillary Cassel, who breaks her silence about switching her political party ...

Two weeks after becoming a Republican, Hillary Cassel still has a profile on Instagram that describes her as a “proud Democrat.” Now beginning her second term as a state representative from ...

A proposal to turn state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp. into the windstorm insurer for all who want it, heads the ...

Lawmaker wants the state's insurer of last resort, Citizens, to offer coverage to all homeowners in the state—but only for ...

Florida Rep. Hillary Cassel switches to the GOP, becoming second Democratic state lawmaker to change parties this month.

On Friday, Rep. Hillary Cassel became the second House Democrat to switch parties this month, following Rep. Susan Valdés' jump on Dec. 9. Cassel announced the news in a statement on X ...

Hillary Cassel is a middle-aged insurance lawyer in Broward County, and Susan Valdes is a 60-year-old former Hillsborough County School Board member turned Florida House member. Need a break?

The Republicans in the Florida House of Representatives added to their supermajority in that legislative body by winning 85 of the 120 seats in November. But that wasn’t the final count.