Florida TaxWatch went to bat for Gov. Rick Scotts plan to reduce the Communication Service Tax (CST). Scott has called reducing the CST by almost $471 million one of his top legislative priorities in 2015.

The Florida chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) offered staunch support for Florida Sen. Rene Garcias, R-Hialeah, and state Rep. Jay Fants, R-Jacksonville, bill to make the Saturday after Thanksgiving a sales tax holiday for small businesses. Across the nation, small businesses are pushing Small Business Saturday as part of the holiday shopping culture, much like Black Friday is.

U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., teamed up with U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., to bring out a bill reauthorizing the Suicide Prevention Resource Center and directing the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services to allocate already established grants to mental health and drug prevention programs at colleges and universities across the nation.

Tourism grew almost 4 percent in Florida over 2014, Gov. Rick Scott announced on Monday. With 97.3 million visitors hitting the Sunshine State last year, 2014 becomes the fourth record-breaking year for tourism in a row, up from 93.7 million guests in 2013. Tourism jobs are also growing with 1,135,700 Floridians employed in that area, an increase of 3.6 percent from 2013.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., is turning his focus to New Hampshire, home of the first presidential primary.

On Thursday, Bushs Right to Rise PAC announced the former Florida governor will head up to the Granite State from March 13-14 as he continues exploring running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Bush announced back in December that he was exploring a presidential bid.

The two members of the Florida congressional delegation leading the U.S. House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee are looking to increase economic and military aid to Jordan which is in the front lines against Islamic State (IS) terrorist forces.

Florida TaxWatch weighed in on Thursday, insisting the Sunshine State could save by recalculating class size while not violating a state constitutional amendment voters approved in 2002. Florida TaxWatch finds using a schoolwide average in the calculations could save more than $14.5 million of Florida schools.

The Libertarian Party of Florida (LPF) is claiming momentum, pointing to a 13 percent increase in their number of registered voters in the last quarter of 2014 while the Democrats and Republicans remained essentially in place.

"It's not surprising that the Republican and Democrat parties are stagnant, while the Libertarian Party is growing rapidly, said Adrian Wyllie who was the Libertarian guberntorial candidate in 2014. We're the only party offering common-sense government solutions that benefit everybody.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., will be hitting Wall Street on Wednesday for a high end fundraiser. Politico has some of the details.

Financier Henry Kravis will be hosting a Park Avenue fundraiser for Bushs Right to Rise PAC with tickets costing $100,000. Bush said back in December that he is exploring running for the presidency in 2016.

Appearing on the Kelly File" on Fox News on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and a possible Republican presidential hopeful in 2016, called for a wide ranging Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Islamic State (IS) terrorist forces.