The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is looking to remind hunters, fishers, hikers, campers and others that the federal shutdown could change their plans.

Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that the state of Florida has filed suit against Georgia for its refusal to "share the waters" ofApalachicola Bay.

Put down your phone: As of Tuesday, texting while driving is officially illegal in the Sunshine State. Last May, Gov. Rick Scott signed the bill banning texting while driving into law, making texting and driving a secondary offense. That means drivers have to be pulled over for a separate traffic violation before they are ticketed for texting behind the wheel.

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West, who earlier in the day called for the removal of all 100 senators and 435 congressmen if they let the federal government shut down, ripped into Democrats in Washington late on Monday.

U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., who sits on the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, will be speaking at the First Coast Defense Expo which will run from Oct. 16-17 at Cecil Field. The event is being sponsored by Jacksonville Aviation Authority, the Florida League of Defense Contractors, and the Jacksonville Chamber.

Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to Democrats across the nation, released a poll on Tuesday which finds President Barack Obama is upside down in the Sunshine State. While Obama won Florida twice, the new poll finds 46 percent of those surveyed approve of his performance in the White House while 48 percent disapprove of it.

Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to Democrats across the nation, released a poll on Tuesday which finds former Gov. Charlie Crist leading Gov. Rick Scott. Crist takes 50 percent when matched up against Scott who garners 38 percent.

Gov. Rick Scott will be speaking at Florida Right to Life's annual Pro-Life Awards dinner in Orlando come the middle of October. Former state Rep. Rachel Burgin, the executive director of Florida Right to Life, announced on Monday that Scott will receive the 2013 Pro-Life Champion Award for protecting innocent human life from conception to natural death.

With a federal government shutdown looking increasingly likely at midnight, Gov. Rick Scott ripped into President Barack Obama on Monday.

As expected, the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate rejected a proposal from the GOP-run U.S. House to pass a continuing resolution for the federal government while delaying the federal health-care law backed by President Barack Obama a year ago. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., weighed in on Monday afternoon and blamed the law for the looming federal shutdown.

It was only three years ago that the Florida Legislature voted to allow red-light cameras throughout the Sunshine State, but it's possible that the cameras may end up getting banned altogether.

Sunshine State News is hitting the radio airwaves on Monday from 3:20-4 p.m. Your humble blogger will be on the Ed Dean radio show, which is hosted by one of the most feisty, informative and entertaining conservatives in Florida. It can be heard onlinehereand on two stations in Central Florida -- 89.3 on the west coast and 90.3 on the Atlantic coast.

With the federal government facing a shutdown later on Monday, former U.S. Rep. Allen West had a simple message for Congress: Do your job. Shutting down the government is the most unpatriotic thing Congress could do, West wrote supporters on Monday. We elected the 535 men and women who serve in the House and Senate to do a job and that job does not include such extreme partisan bickering that they become incapable of rectifying their differences to keep the government running.

With a federal government shutdown looming at the end of Monday, a new poll from Rasmussen Reports finds Americans are growing less comfortable with the idea.

Former Gov. Luis Fortu of Puerto Rico announced on Monday he was supporting Bob Cortes for the Republican nomination to challenge Rep. Karen Castor Dentel, D-Maitland. All of Central Florida, and especially the Puerto Rican community, will benefit from the leadership of Bob Cortes, said Fortu. We can count on Bob to work for more jobs and better schools, but more importantly, we can count on him to be a leader who tells the truth and puts people first.