The Citizens Property Insurance Corp.'s presidential-search committee has narrowed its recommendations to Barry Gilway, president and CEO of Mattei Insurance Services, and Glenn Pomeroy, CEO of the California Earthquake Authority. Gilway and Pomeroy were the two top candidates as ranked by a search selection company from the five remaining applicants for the post. The full board meets at 9 a.m. in a teleconference. Tom Grady, the interim president and an applicant for the post, was not added to the list of finalists.

Tampa attorney Gwynne Alice Young will be installed as the 64th president of The Florida Bar, with Eugene K. Pettis, a Fort Lauderdale attorney, sworn in as president-elect, during the Bars Annual Convention June 22 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, the Bar announced Tuesday. Young, a shareholder at Carlton Fields, is the fifth woman elected to the Bars highest post. She is also the fifth attorney from the firm to lead the Bar.

U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Miami, announced Tuesday she would introduce next week a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives aimed at forcing states to repeal their Stand Your Ground laws. Her bill calls for the federal government to withhold transportation funding to states that have Stand Your Ground laws. I have been disturbed by the murder of Trayvon Martin for many months, Wilson stated in a release.

In a letter late Tuesday, Northwest Florida legislators asked Gov. Rick Scott to immediately declare water-ravaged Escambia and Santa Rosa counties natural disaster areas. "As you are aware, Escambia and Santa Rosa counties were hit over the weekend with large amounts of rain causing widespread flooding and forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes," the letter read.

Department of Economic Opportunity Chief Operating Officer Cynthia Lorenzo, who helped oversee the states effort to streamline unemployment, tourism, economic development and community affairs into a single agency, is stepping away from the job. Lorenzo submitted her resignation Tuesday, claiming she plans to spend more time with her family.

Hours after Sen. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, withdrew his bid for another term, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam threw his support to House Speaker Pro Tempore John Legg, R-New Port Richey, to replace him. John Leggs true conservative ideals will be key in driving our state forward and growing our economy, said Putnam on Tuesday.He knows how important it is to start with the fundamentals and build upon them to create a more dynamic and highly-educated work force for our forward-thinking state.I support John for Senate District 17 and urge the voters to do the same.

Congressman Connie Mack, the front-runner to win the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in November, unveiled his team in Miami-Dade on Tuesday. This team will produce the largest Republican primary voting bloc in the state, and I am excited and grateful for the energy these community leaders are bringing to our campaign, Mack said. This will have a huge impact on our primary voter turnout effort.

Sen. Jim Norman, R-Tampa, is now listed as "Withdrew" from the Florida Senate District 17 race. Norman, a former Hillsborough County commissioner elected to the Senate in 2010, was rumored to be facing pressure not to complete the qualifying process before turning in all the paperwork last week. However, on Tuesday, with speculation again growing that Norman would bow out to avoid an expensive primary battle against House Speaker Pro Tempore John Legg, R-Port Richey, the state Division of Elections website has updated Normans status.

Gov. Rick Scott ordered national and state flags at half-staff on Wednesday at thecourthouse of Miami-Dade County, Homestead, and outside Floridas Capitol in Tallahassee, for Specialist Gerardo Campos. Campos, 23, died of wounds caused by enemy small-arms fire on June 2 in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Campos was assigned to B Company, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

While there are five months to go until the 2012 presidential election, the gloves are coming off as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney hit the airwaves and go online to rip into each other. On Tuesday, the Obama team launched a new television ad hitting the airwaves in key battleground states -- including Florida -- that attacks Romneys record during his tenure as governor of Massachusetts. The ad attempts to play a little political jujitsu, taking Romneys attacks and turning them against him, slamming the Republicans record on running up government debt and on job creation.

Gov. Rick Scott will be at Kristi House in Miami this afternoon to sign a pair of bills aimed at combating human trafficking. House Bill 99 provides short-term safe houses for sexually exploited children.

Is anybody surprised that Democratic voters are more than twice as likely as Republicans to back New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's nanny plan to ban super-sized sugary drinks in the Big Apple? This, according to a new poll for The Hill.

A "viral" video of cancer patients at Seattle Children's Hospital has been pulled by Sony Music and the Hearst Corp., after it became an Internet sensation. With patients, doctors and nurses dancing and lip-syncing to Kelly Clarkson's song, "Stronger," the video drew more than 2.5 million viewers in less than a week before it was yanked. It was hardly a professional production, according to TV station WSDK, which reported that the video was courtesy of 22-year-old Chris Rumble, a cancer patient from Kent, Wash.

Florida has filed a lawsuit against the federal government for failing to provide access to the Homeland Securitys SAVE database to help the state find noncitizens among Floridas registered voters. Gov. Rick Scott announced the lawsuit while on FOX News Monday afternoon.

Rep. Sandy Adams, R-Orlando, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the growing threat of SWAT-ting and its costly ramifications. In her letter with 87 co-signers, Adams stated: Lately, there have been a string of threats directed at conservative bloggers where individuals call emergency dispatchers under the guise of another persons name with fraudulent claims. These claims then cause local law enforcement to swarm the home of innocent Americans, and in some instances they have done so with guns drawn.