The finance chairman of the Florida Democratic Party has been asked to resign because he will be hosting a fundraiser for former governor Charlie Crist, a violation of party neutrality in the primary contest between Crist and former state Sen. Nan Rich. Andrew Weinstein, who works as a South Florida trial lawyer and major fundraiser for the campaigns of President Barack Obama, is one of many hosts of a fundraiser to be held in Fort Lauderdale Tuesday.

Senate President Don Gaetz dismissed concerns from conservatives about Common Core State Standards on Monday after they expressed concerns about federal overreach through the national standards. You cant dip them in milk and hold them over a candle and see the United Nations flag or Barack Obamas face, Gaetz said. Theyre not some federal conspiracy.

On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott announced that the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) will expand in Hillsborough County, investing more than $164 million and creating 1,215 new jobs over the next six years.

One of the leading moderate Republicans in Tallahassee, Florida Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, ripped into former Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday. Latvala and Crist moved up the GOP ranks together in Pinellas County before Crist left the Republicans in 2010. On Monday, Crist launched a gubernatorial bid as a Democrat.

Americans understand there is no way to guarantee the privacy of their Internet searches, and now one out of two thinks it's likely the government has monitored their Internet activity or that of someone in their family.

Florida Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, ripped into newly minted gubernatorial candidate and new Democrat former Gov. Charlie Crist. Thrasher served as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) during Crists last days as a Republican.

On Tuesday, former U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., doubled down on his support of U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who is looking to defeat U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., next year. Republicans across the nation have pointed to this race as crucial to flipping the Senate in 2014.

Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart has requested a big budget for Florida's education system -- a whopping $16.97 billion, which is $35 million more than the current year's budget. Stewart says the additional money is needed to cover growing costs of student enrollment and help make up for $250 million of federal grants that expire this year.

On Monday, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., demanded the Obama administration ramp up its efforts to help Alan Gross, an American relief worker accused of espionage by the Castro regime and who has been imprisoned for four years. Ros-Lehtinen accused the Obama administration of kowtowing to the Castro regime.

The Jacksonville Jaguars were not supposed to be in the spotlight in recent days. The Jaguars, clearly the worst team in the National Football League (NFL), had a bye on Sunday and First Coast football fans were supposed to focus on the Miami-FSU game which had national implications and, while the Georgia Bulldogs and Florida Gators have been disappointing this season, their game in Jacksonville is one of the citys annual traditions.

With a pivotal case on the role of religion in the public square scheduled for a U.S. Supreme Court hearing on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., posted an op-ed over at Fox News on the importance of prayer to open legislative meetings.

On Tuesday, Florida Senate Majority Leader Lizbeth Benacquisto, R-Wellington, took aim at former Gov. Charlie Crist who launched a bid against Gov. Rick Scott on Monday. Benaquisto bashed Crist for his ambitions, insisting he was always in campaign mode. While Crist held three statewide offices, he never bothered to run for a second term in any of those posts.

Charlie Crist jumped into the governor's race on Monday and his new campaign team is chock-full of Democrats who weren't big fans of Crist or his administration when he was a Republican.

Former Sen. Dan Gelber came to Charlie Crist's aid on Monday after the Republican Party of Florida began their campaign against the former governor, who announced Monday he would be running for his old job in 2014.

George LeMieux, former U.S. senator and chief of staff for former governor Charlie Crist, slammed Crist on Monday for his political inconsistency throughout the years. "With today's announcement, Charlie Crist has done something that's, in my mind, really breathtaking, not only in Florida but in the country," said LeMieux. "In my view, this is the largest change of position by a leading American political figure in as quick of a period of time as we've had in recent American history."