The tea party bloc continues to line up behind large-animal doctor Ted Yoho in the crowded GOP primary for the new District 3 congressional seat. Slightly more than three-of-four members of the Gainesville Tea Party opted for Yoho in a straw ballot held Saturday. U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala, garnered 10 percent of the vote, state Sen. Steve Oelrich, R-Gainesville, picked up 7 percent, and Clay County Clerk of the Court James Jett received 4 percent. The remaining two percent were divided between Phillip Dodd, an independent candidate, and undecided.

While the national media is focused on the looming U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the federal health-care that President Barack Obama signed in 2010, the fate of another constitutional challenge should be decided this week--the case against the Arizona immigration law. A new poll from Rasmussen Reports unveiled on Monday shows that a majority of Americans--55 percent--hope that the Court lets the Arizona law stand while 26 percent say they hope it is overturned. Almost a fifth of the voters surveyed--19 percent--remain on the fence.

As expected, Tropical Storm Debby remains stationary over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, dumping rain on those along the Floridas Panhandle. And little change is expected in the next couple of days, according to the National Weather Service. Tracking models vary, with models heading west, north, east and northeast, with the latter direction deemed mostly likely due influencing from a mid-tropospheric trough over the northeast.

Former state CFO Alex Sink, the Democrat who came up short against Rick Scott in the 2010 gubernatorial election, is going to bat for U.S. Sen. Bill Nelsons, D-FL, bid for a third term in the Senate. According to an email that she sent out to supporters over the weekend, Sink is sharing her email list with Nelson and intends to help his campaign.

Mount Airy, N.C., is probably saying, thank you Florida voters -- thanks to you, we got to put on a pretty darn good wedding. If Democrat Alex Sink had defeated Rick Scott in 2010, Sink, with her husband Bill McBride at her side, would have been the governor of Florida today, and probably -- though there's no telling for sure -- her daughter Lexi McBride would have been married in Florida. Florida is, after all, as Sink often chirped, "truly paradise." Surely it would be bad form for a governor's daughter to marry three states away.

The National Weather Service has extended the warning area for Tropical Storm Debby down the west coast to Englewood in Sarasota County and changed the forecast track. The official forecast at 5 p.m. EDT has Debby westward, meandering in the northeastern Gulf for three to four days. The storm is expected to dump 5-to-10 inches of rain on the Panhandle.

Exports from Florida increased by 3 percent in March from February, according to the Orlando Business Journal.

Travel for Independence Day is expected to jump 4.9 percent from a year ago in Florida, with people extending holiday plans for the midweek celebration combined with the drop in gas prices, according to AAA. The majority of the holiday travelers in the Sunshine State will be hitting the road for trips of more than 50 miles between July 3 and July 8. The 1.8 million motorists represent a 4.1 percent increase from 2011. Air travel is projected to increase 9.9 percent from a year ago, with 163,000 flying to their holiday destination.

Gov. Rick Scott has reappointed Doug Bournique, the executive vice president of the Indian River Citrus League, to the Area 5 seat on the governing board of the St. Johns River Water Management District. Bournique, 60, of Vero Beach, has been with the Indian River Citrus League since 1979. Bournique's extensive involvement in agricultural and water-management issues includes serving on the Indian River County Agriculture Advisory Council since 1996 and on the Florida Agriculture Water Policy Group since 1999.

The Florida Association of Counties has become the first statewide organization to adopt the Florida Chamber Foundations Six Pillars for Floridas Future Economy as part of their strategic planning.

The warning for Tropical Storm Debby, lingering as it grows in the northern Gulf of Mexico, has been extended eastward at 11 a.m. EDT, according to the National Weather Service. And the forecast is for the center of Debby, which is hitting the northern Gulf Coast with heavy rains, to linger over water for a few days before making landfall. Warnings are now in effect for the coast of Louisiana from the mouth of the Pearl River, to south of the Suwannee River in Floridas panhandle. A watch is in effect from south of the Suwannee River to Anclote Key.

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No, no, Henrietta, don't do it. You represent Cambridge, Miz Mayor -- the "Cradle of Liberty," remember?

A bill that seeks to eliminate a loophole exploited by scam artists was ceremonially signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott at the University of Central Florida Rosen School of Hospitality on Friday. This legislation will cut down on timeshare fraud and protect owners from unscrupulous resale companies, Scott stated in a release.As we fight this fraud, integrity will come back into the system, and people can feel more confident investing in Florida, and in the timeshare market.

Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is seeking a third term in November but hes drawing fire from a conservative group which has launched a new ad against him. On Friday, Americans for Prosperity-Florida (AFP-Florida), unveiled a new ad slamming Nelson and tying to him President Barack Obama.