Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Wednesday endorsed Mitt Romney in his 2012 presidential election campaign. As a well-known and popular conservative Republican, will Bush's stamp of approval give Romney the boost he needs to become the GOP presidential nominee to face President Barack Obama in November? We want to hear what you think. Vote now!

A Republican legislator took issue with Democrats' call for a hearing into Florida's Stand Your Ground law that has come under partisan fire since the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old in Sanford. House Democratic Leader-designate Perry Thurston on Wednesday urged Speaker Dean Cannon to convene a legislative hearing into the 2005 law, which authorizes individuals to use lethal force to protect themselves if they feel they are in danger.

The Family Law Section of the Florida Bar has donated $75,000 to support childrens legal services in the state. The gift of private funds, in response to the impending loss of legal aid attorney positions throughout Florida, will help support legal services for low-income children, such as foster children and those in need of access to medical, mental health and special education services.

We all know the old saying about a "gaffe" being when a politician tells the truth. And we all know Joe Biden is "gaffe-prone." The problem is, when our vice president tells what he thinks is the truth, he's generally wrong.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney offered his thoughts in a statement on getting the endorsement of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Wednesday.

NFL quarterback Tim Tebow is headed to the New York Jets. While there had been talk that the Denver Broncos would ship the former University of Florida standout back home to the Sunshine State -- namely his hometown Jacksonville Jaguars -- the quarterback is headed to Gang Green to back up Mark Sanchez. Tebow (along with a seventh round pick) heads to New York for a fourth round draft pick and a sixth round one. Tebow had been starting in Denver, but with the Broncos signing Peyton Manning earlier in the week, the team could move him.

Former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks, a group affiliated with the tea party movement, penned a piece that ran late on Tuesday on the Wall Street Journals website. The piece focused on Republican Senate candidates and, citing Florida, pointed to the need for conservative candidates:

Nancy Argenziano has pulled out of the 2nd congressional race to run for Florida House in her Citrus County home. The former Public Service Commission chairman and retired state senator opted to drop her challenge to U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Tallahassee. Argenziano acknowledged that her failure to win a court challenge seeking to run as a Democrat figured in her decision. "I was the best chance to get crossover votes in that district. But it's hard to get millions of dollars" as an independent, Argenziano told Sunshine State News.

A day after winning the Illinois primary, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney continued to build momentum on Wednesday when former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced that he is backing the former Massachusetts governor for the GOP nomination.

The Senate Reapportionment Committee will hold a random drawing to determine how to number the Senate districts for the next decade. Senate Majority Leader Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, and Senate Minority Leader Nan Rich, D-Sunrise, will have the secretary of the Senate oversee a drawing today to randomly draw numbers that could be used as place holder district numbers for the revised map that the full Senate will vote on Thursday, said committee Chairman Don Gaetz, R-Niceville.

Gov. Rick Scott gave his blessing to former University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow wearing a Jacksonville Jaguar jersey next year. That would be nice, Scott said, before jumping into his Florida promoter-in-chief role by adding that he wouldnt mind the Miami Dolphins or Tampa Bay Buccaneers also trading for the former Heisman Trophy winner.

Most presidential nominees do not choose one of the candidates they defeated in the primary for the vice presidential spot on the ticket, though there have been exceptions: some successful like Ronald Reagan/George H.W. Bush and Barack Obama/Joe Biden and some unsuccessful like John Kerry/John Edwards.

While hes based in neighboring Texas, Louisiana is not exactly Ron Paul territory. He took 5 percent in the Louisiana Republican presidential primary back in 2008 and a poll unveiled on Tuesday finds he stands in a distant fourth with 3 percent -- tying him with Rick Perry, who pulled out of the race in January, and Buddy Roemer, the former Louisiana governor who is primarily focused on running for the Reform Party and the Americans Elect nominations.

Despite placing fourth in the Illinois Republican primary on Tuesday, Newt Gingrich said in a statement on Wednesday that he intends to stay in the race until the Republican convention in Tampa. Gingrich also insisted that Mitt Romney is only leading the race because he was burying his opponents in spending.

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney scored a big win in Illinois on Tuesday night and looked to focus on Barack Obama instead of his GOP rivals -- and the Democrats are starting to fire back on him. With 99 percent of the votes in, Romney had 47 percent while Rick Santorum was in second with 35 percent. Ron Paul took third with 9 percent followed by Newt Gingrich with 8 percent. In his victory remarks on Tuesday night, Romney ripped into Obama.