Flags will be at half-staff at government facilities in Florida on Tuesday for all federal, state and local officers killed or disabled in the line of duty. Gov. Rick Scott and President Barack Obama both released proclamations calling for all governments to lower flags to half-staff for Peace Officers Memorial Day.

The team behind Republican U.S. Senate hopeful U.S. Rep. Connie Mack took aim at GOP primary rival former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux on Monday in a new Web ad. The ad attacks LeMieux, who served 16 months in the Senate, for joining then-U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, to jump over and vote with the Democrats to break a Republican filibuster on President Barack Obamas jobs bill back in 2010.

First lady Ann Scott will unveil a new Love.Read.Learn! baby journal for parents of newborns on Tuesday at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, the governors office announced. The journal, created in partnership with the nonprofit Volunteer USA Foundation, offers learning tips and child wellness information, according to the release. Backed by sponsorships from Scholastic FACE, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, Tobacco Free Florida and Carnival, the journal will be distributed at no cost to new parents at hospitals throughout Florida.

It wasn't exactly a Charlie Crist hug, but President Obama's effusive thanks to George LeMieux isn't going to help the former senator regain his seat.

Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux has done well in getting the support of Republican members of the Florida Legislature -- more than 30 so far have endorsed him -- in his bid for the GOP nomination to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in November, and now he is bringing some of them into his primary fight with U.S. Rep. Connie Mack.

James Ammons, Florida A&M University president, has recommended the famed Marching 100 band will remain suspended through the 2012-2013 school year, pending a massive restructuring of the band. The band was suspended following the hazing death of Robert Champion in November. Eleven FAMU band members face felony charges in Champions death.

A Lakeland trucker who failed to stop at an inspection station was arrested over the weekend for using watermelon and cantaloupe to conceal 50 pounds of marijuana, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reported on Monday.

Former U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts of Oklahoma has been busy in recent months as one of the leading advocates for Newt Gingrichs presidential bid and, on Monday, he continued his endorsements, announcing that he was backing businessman Ozzie deFaria for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., best known nationally for leading the Democratic National Committee.

Rasmussen Reports released a poll of likely voters on Monday that finds a solid majority of them -- 56 percent -- want to see the federal health-care law signed by President Barack Obama in 2010 repealed while only 37 percent wish to see the law remain in place. Opponents of the legislation remain firmly against it with 46 percent of the total surveyed saying they strongly favor repeal while only 26 percent say they strongly support the law. The poll of 1,000 likely voters was taken on May 12 and had a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.

Gov. Rick Scott is visiting the Ave Maria School of Law in Naples on Monday morning. Later today, he is to sit down with the editorial boards of the Naples Daily News and Fort Myers News Press. Both editorial board meetings are set for one hour.

Gas dropped an average of 8 cents a gallon across Florida as pessimistic economic news across the globe caused the price of a barrel of oil to drop to its lowest this year. Oil prices settled Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $96.13 a barrel -- $2.36 less than the week prior and the lowest since December. "As a result of weakened demand, retail gas prices are expected to decrease throughout the week and continue May's downward trend in pump prices," AAA spokeswoman Jessica Brady stated in a release.

Space Florida and the Florida Chamber of Commerce honored Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, and House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, last week for overseeing budgets that have sent $82.1 million into space-related industries and $51.1 million to Space Florida. We are extremely thankful to President Haridopolos and Speaker Cannon for all of their hard work and support involving Floridas space industry, Frank DiBello, Space Florida president, stated in a release. They have given our industry the opportunity for consistent growth.

Gov. Rick Scotts chief of staff Steve MacNamara, who has been in the crosshairs of a number of media reports in the past week, resigned Saturday. See his letter of resignation in the attachment below. Jacksonville native Adam Hollingsworth was named as his replacement. Hollingsworth, who heads the right-of-way division for Flagler Development Group, formerly served as chief of staff to Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton. Scott released the following statement thanking MacNamara for his service.

Florida League of Cities leaders were in Washington, D.C., earlier this week meeting with White House and congressional officials.

State Rep. Trudi Williams, R-Fort Myers, told the News Press on Friday she will end her challenge for the state Senate: "Williams said she wants to focus on her family and her TKW Engineering firm, given the recession and time demanded in Tallahassee, along with recent family illnesses and death."