News Talk WDBO reports thatWorld Changers of Florida, a Christian organization, is placing Bibles on unmanned public school lunch tables in Orange County, with students free to pick them up or ignore them as they please.

Whatever happens, prekindergarten special education teacher Alex Lopes -- Florida 2013 Teacher of the Year -- is already a winner. But on Thursday he found out he's one of four finalists for the prestigious National Teacher of the Year award.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday that $60 million of the national mortgage settlement with the nations five largest mortgage servicers will now be available to provide additional assistance to Floridians. Bondis proposal, which was approved by the Legislative Budget Commission today, includes the following, according to a press release from her office: $35 million for down payment assistance; $10 million for housing counseling; $5 million provided to the state courts to help with foreclosure-related issues;

Gov. Rick Scott and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer joined Planet Hollywood CEO David Crabtree to cut the ribbon for Planet Hollywood International's new headquarters in Orlando. The company, which committed to creating 90 new Florida jobs as part of a grant agreement with the state when consolidating operations in Orlando last year, has already created more than half the number, the governors office reported.

The Florida Board of Governors made seven appointments to various university boards of trustees in the state system on Thursday Thomas Workman Jr., president of Thomas Workman & Associates, Certified Public Accountants in Boca Raton, was reappointed to the Florida Atlantic University board of trustees for a term beginning Jan. 17, 2013, and ending Jan. 6, 2018.

The governors office released a statement Thursday noting Gov. Rick Scott is open to ideas about improving school safety, but will not make any recommendations to change existing gun laws.

College and university student have until March 8 to apply for the 2013-2014 Gubernatorial Fellows Program. The program gives students a chance to spend two semesters working with key staff in the governors office and other agencies, depending upon their major.

R Street, a free-market think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C., has released a new report that urges Florida's legislators to cut off all home insurance subsidies to residents building new homes in undeveloped wetlands and barrier islands along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, as well as undeveloped coastal barriers along the Florida Keys.

Congressman Ted Yoho, R-Fla., has issued the following statement following President Obamas controversial Wednesday press conference:

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi says her office has reached first-of-its-kind settlements requiring reforms to the business practices of five of the Sunshine State's largest prepaid debit card companies: Account Now Inc., First Data Corp., Green Dot Corp., Net Spend Corp., and Unirush LLC.

Gov. Rick Scott is continuing his call to eliminate taxes on the purchase of equipment by manufacturing companies, planning stops today at Honeywell Manufacturing in Clearwater and Coastal Steel Manufacturing in Cocoa to stress his legislative call. Today, there are 17,500 manufacturing companies in Florida that employ over 300,000 Florida families. The fact that Honeywell has created 2,700 of those job opportunities for Florida families is great, Scott stated in a release after visiting the Honeywell plant.

Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, on Wednesday was in the Capitol with Rep. Alan Williams, D-Tallahassee, Sen.

The Florida Chamber of Commerce released its recommendations for the 2013 legislative session it says seeks more tax, legal and business reforms. We want to make Floridas business environment more competitive, said Lars Houmann, chair of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, during a media conference in the Capitol on Wednesday.

The FloridaHouse Criminal Justice Subcommittee approved by a unanimous vote Wednesday morning a bill that revises the 2011 "Massage Practice Act," in an effort to combat human trafficking.

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, will hold a pair of listening sessions in his district later this week. I want to hear what you think Congress should be doing to create jobs, cut spending and get our economy back on track, Buchanan stated in a release. The meetings are set for: Friday, Jan. 18, noon, Manatee County Judicial Center, 2nd floor, Jury Room, 1051 Manatee Ave. West, Bradenton.