A photo of legendary Gators quarterback Tim Tebow caused quite a stir in Jersey City, N.J., on Tuesday.

Former Miami Dade County Commission Chairman Joe Martinez will officially announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the 26th Congressional District of Florida on Thursday, according to a press release. The district extends from Kendall to Key West. Martinez's name had beenfloating as a potential nominee for the 2014 election since Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla., defeated incumbent Republican Rep. David Rivera in 2012.

The crime rate in the Sunshine State is dropping, according to a report released Tuesday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The report showed Florida's crime volume had dropped 5.2 percent compared to the first six month of 2012.

Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) has recognized Sen. Dorothy L. Hukill, R-Port Orange, as a 2013 Legislative Champion for SB 796, her 2013 bill calling for the use of ignition interlock devices to be used in vehicles operated by convicted drunk drivers. Ignition interlock devices have been proven to be highly effective in reducing repeat drunk-driving offenses as well as providing a better solution to license suspension alone for convicted drunk drivers.

A story that probably won't rise to the top of the pop charts in government cities like Tallahassee is news of a study conducted by researchers at Harvard and Penn, who have found that cheating students are more likely than others to want government jobs.

The State Board of Education will say goodbye to member Kathleen Shanahan and agency clerk Lynn Abbott. Shanahan has served on the board for the maximum number of years allowed -- eight -- and Abbott is retiring. Shanahan had served on the board since 2006 and was appointed by then-Gov. Jeb Bush. She served as chair in 2011 and 2012. At the state board's meeting on Tuesday, Shanahan warned board members to remember who they were really there for -- the students of Florida.

The Republican Party of Florida has wasted no time in sinking its teeth into former Gov. Charlie Crist's latest support of President Barack Obama's signature health care plan.

It looks like there will be a Republican primary election for the late congressman Bill Young's seat. Rep. Kathleen Peters, R-South Pasadena, qualified asa candidate with the Florida Division of Elections on Monday, just one day before the candidate filing period for the race closes. Peters is expected to launch her campaign on Tuesday and will face off against David Jolly, a former top aide to the late Bill Young.

Gov. Rick Scott today announced that information technology specialist iSirona, a company that provides solutions for medical device integration, will expand its operations in Panama City, creating 300 new jobs and a capital investment of $2.25 million.

Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., traveled to Panama to talk about the Panama Canal expansion and its importance to Floridas economy on Monday. The Republican Party of Florida noted, however, that Biden and Wasserman Schultz were late to the party championing Florida's ports. In a press release from the RPOF, Press Secretary Susan Hepworth wrote:

The State Board of Education will be meeting on Tuesday in Gainesville to discuss Florida's academic standards and the future of assessment tests in the Sunshine State. In September, Gov. Rick Scott ordered Florida to pull out of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test and required the State Board of Education to hold public hearings on Florida's education standards.

Gov. Rick Scott recently sent out letters to newly-admitted attorneys congratulating them on their accomplishments, but the letter sounded a lot like a campaign ad. Scott lauds his own accomplishments in the letter, saying: "In the four years before taking office, Florida lost more than 832,000 jobs, and unemployment more than tripled -- from 3.5 to 11.1 percent. State debt increased by $5.2 billion, our housing market collapsed, our economy was off track and our families were hurting.

Gov. Rick Scott will be making a jobs announcement Monday, according to a press release from the governor's office. Scott will head to Panama City to make the announcement at Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport at 1 p.m. Check back to this blog for more updates as they become available.

Marshall Criser III has not yet been officially sworn in as Florida's state university system chancellor, but he's already touched a nerve of some Common Core opponents in the Sunshine State. In a new press release, Florida Stop Common Core Coalition, an organization that has been vocal against the national education standards, said it was "disappointed" in Criser's imminent appointment because he has no academic experience and has worked in the business community for his entire career.

Political action committee EMILY's List sent out an email blast Friday urging voters to show their support for female gubernatorial candidates across the country.While the email blast mentioned gubernatorial candidates Wendy Davis, Mary Burke and Allyson Schwartz, a familiar Floridian woman running for governor in the Sunshine State, Nan Rich, was left out of the list. The PAC aims to get pro-choice women elected to office.