Nearly one in 10 companies contacted this week by Florida investigators failed to carry the required workers compensation insurance, the states chief financial officer announced Friday. Investigators with the Department of Financial Services Division of Workers Compensation Bureau of Compliance and Division of Insurance Fraud made random visits to 375 construction sites, contacting 770 employers during a two-day sweep.

Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, will give a preview of the 2013 legislative session during the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange 2013 Annual Dinner tonight at Michaels on East in Sarasota.

Gov. Rick Scott will be in Fort Myers on Friday to highlight the transportation portion of his $74.2 billion fiscal plan he has already presented to state legislators. A release from the governors office states that Scott will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. at the Swift Sunguide Center, which is the regional transportation management hub for I-75 in Southwest Florida.

Former U.S. congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Connie Mack, R-Fla., has taken to the pages of The Hill to condemn President Obama's drone campaign, along with his administration's policy to resort to "remote control assassination" of suspected terrorists, even if they are American citizens who have not been convicted in a court of law.

Michelle Anchors, who was appointed by former Gov. Jeb Bush to the Committee for a Sustainable Emerald Coast, has been named to the Florida Commission on Ethics by Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced the arrest of a Duval County woman accused of stealing more than $400,000 from Floridas Aged and Disabled Adult Waiver Program.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi entered a settlement Thursday with Toyota Motor Corp., resolving allegations that Toyota publicly represented that its vehicles were safe despite knowing about unintended acceleration caused by accelerator entrapment and sticky accelerator pedals.

Floridas 29-member congressional delegation the third largest in Congress met today for the first time in three years under the bipartisan leadership of Co-Chairmen Reps. Vern Buchanan and Alcee Hastings to discuss the economic importance of the states 15 seaports.

Florida had 27,979 new jobs posted online in January, boosting the total of online help wanted notices in the state to 255,749, the governors office announced Thursday. With more than 255,000 job openings available in our state, its clear the decisions were making are helping employers feel more confident about the future of their businesses, Gov. Rick Scott stated in a release.

Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Glenn T. Shelby to the 10th Judicial Circuit Court, filling the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge John Laurent. Shelby, 57, of Lakeland, is a board-certified practitioner specializing in real estate transactions and estate planning.

Just in time for Valentines Day, the dating website for those seeking extra-marital affairs has come out with its list of the most unfaithful cities. And do you really have to ask if Florida made the list compiled by AshleyMadison.com, the website that promotes itself with the saying You only live once. Have an affair. Miami comes in at No. 4, based upon AshleyMadison.coms user data.

FOX Business Networks Cheryl Casone will host a two-day special report examining the economic growth in the state of Florida starting Thursday, Feb. 14, at 6 a.m. And you can catch our exclusive sneak-peak tomorrow morning, at 3:55 a.m.! Is Miami becoming the new Wall Street, the new financial capital of America and the world? Why are businesses flocking to the Sunshine State from the Tri-state area? What is Florida doing right? What is Florida doing wrong? Do Gov. Rick Scott's policies have anything to do with this?

Gov. Rick Scott, who was in Lake Mary on Wednesday as Verizon Communications announced plans to bring up to 750 jobs to Central Florida, will be in Palm Beach Gardens on Thursday, for a similar release at the new headquarters for TBC Corp., the governor's office announced.

The Florida House Civil Justice Subcommittee has just approved PCB CJS 13-02 ("Expert Testimony") along a 9-4 party-line vote.

Raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour, as President Obama proposed in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, will be a job killer in Florida, claimed NFIB/Floridas Executive Director Bill Herrle. A government mandate such as this would need to be completely absorbed by small-business owners, who are already operating on razor-thin margins, Herrle stated in a release.