While most out-of-work people simply want the opportunity for a job, Washington seems to have turned a deaf ear to those pleas.

In the full scheme of Gov. Rick Scott's plans for Florida, the $43 million Eller Drive Overpass Project at Port Everglades is like scoring a hat trick for the state economy: It kills three birds with one stone, the governor claims.

Some 1.6 million veterans across the state of Florida will now be recognized and honored for their military service through their driver's license or identification card.

Gov. Rick Scott signed HB 1165, allowing veterans who have served their nation honorably and live in Florida, the privilege to add a veteran designation to their driver's license.

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is ready to deliver on his promise to provide fresh Florida produce from local farms to school cafeterias across the state, beginning in the fall semester.

Putnam says the fact that his department, rather than the Department of Education, is now in charge of lunches will provide a double benefit: It will help provide better sources of nutrition to Florida's schoolchildren and support local farms, too.