A group of five state attorneys criticized former Gov. Charlie Crist over comments he made last week saying Florida's 10-20-Life laws needed to be reviewed. Crist said the state should review its Stand Your Ground law as well as the 10-20-Life law during theFlorida Press Association and the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors' convention in Coral Gables. "I'm always open-minded to looking at those kinds of things," Crist said. "When you're faced with new facts, I think you ought to listen."

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., continued to call on the Obama administration on Monday to cut off funding to the Palestinian government as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East.

Former Gov. Charlie Crist has been bending over backward as he tries to woo over his new party and now he is taking a page from two of the leading Democrats of the first half of the 20th century -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt and longtime Gov. Al Smith, D-N.Y., who was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928. Despite spending most of his political life as a Republican, Crist is the favorite for the Democratic nomination to challenge Gov. Rick Scott in November.

Rick Scott's campaign announced the "Veterans for Scott" coalition in Largo on Monday. The coalition is comprised of nearly 60 veterans and veteran activists from across the state andwill be led by Retired Air Force Brigadier General Chip Diehl and Retired Army Lt. Colonel Chris Hart. Scott himself was a member of the U.S. Navy, serving as a radar man. He used benefits from the GI Bill to attend college.

Gov. Rick Scott announced on Monday that Advanced IT Concepts Inc. (AITC) is expanding its headquarters in Seminole County leading to 50 new jobs in the Winter Springs facility over the next five years.

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, met Israels Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer at the end of last week. After the meeting, Ros-Lehtinen pledged to continue to support Israel in its fight with Hamas and urged President Barack Obama to do the same.

From his perch on the U.S. House Science, Space and Technology Committee, U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., teamed up with U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., to introduce a bill last week to increase opportunities for the private sector to explore and mine asteroids. The two congressmen unveiled the American Space Technology for Exploring Resource Opportunities in Deep Space (ASTEROIDS) Act of 2014 on Thursday.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a possible candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, turned up the heat on former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, the leading contender for the Democratic nomination. Appearing on Hugh Hewitts national radio talk show, Rubio insisted he could beat Clinton in 2016 and criticized her record at the State Department. "Multiple people can beat her, Rubio told Hewitt. Hillary Clinton is not unbeatable.

U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., introduced the Drone Reform Act (DRA) on Friday, teaming up with prominent members of the liberty movement and leading Democrats to back the bill ensuring all authority on armed drones stays with the Department of Defense (DOD).

Al Lewis is set to join the South Florida Business Journal as editor in chief on July 14, reports Cision.com.

After winning two NBA titles and losing two finals in four years for the Miami Heat, LeBron James, the best basketball player in the world, is headed back to the Cleveland Cavaliers where he started his career. James talked to Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated who has the details. With James out of the mix, the Heat now have to pick up the pieces, including determining what they do with free agent Chris Bosh who has been flirting with joining the Houston Rockets.

Former state Rep. Carl Domino is taking aim at All Aboard Florida (AAF) as he angles for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla. Domino went after Murphy on Friday, trying to link him to AAF. Patrick Murphy signed a letter of support for All Aboard Florida (AAF) in October, Domino insisted on Friday. And even though he has stated that 100 percent of what he hears in his office from constituents is in opposition to AAF, he still has not withdrawn his support.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., reached out across the aisle and teamed up with U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., to sponsor the Girls Count Act" on Thursday. The bill would carve out from current foreign aid programs to create birth registries in underdeveloped countries. The senators noted that 51 million children across the globe are not registered at birth, with most of them being girls.

A former Broward County police officer filed an election-law complaint against Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday, alleging that Scott's campaign violated the law by having on-duty police officers at a campaign event in Tampa earlier this week. The complaint cites a Florida law which says it's a misdemeanor for public employees to engage in political activity during the workday, except for elected officials like sheriffs.