Florida TaxWatch released a report on Monday which finds tourism led to almost 76,000 jobs being added to the Sunshine State last year. The report also shows Florida is well-positioned to bring 100 million visitors next year, adding even more jobs across the state.

Media reports emerged this weekend noting that the Obama administration authorized sending young people from Latin America to Cuba to push for more democracy under the cover of doing work for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on health issues and other matters.

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., a longtime critic of the Castro regime, supported USAIDs role and said the media should look more closely at the communist governments policies.

After Republicans controlling the U.S. House passed immigration bills on Friday, U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., said the GOP had sent a clear message to President Barack Obama on the matter, including cutting off potential amnesty plans from the White House.

Getting ready for the general election, Gov. Rick Scott is turning toward the environment as he starts his Lets Keep Florida Beautiful tour on Monday. Scott is pointing toward his plan to send $500 million for alternative waters, $500 million for springs and his efforts for the Everglades. The governor is also calling for the state Department of Environmental Protection to increase fines on polluters.

Rasmussen Reports released a poll on Friday which finds Gov. Rick Scott edging leading Democratic rival former Gov. Charlie Crist by a whisker. The poll of likely voters shows Scott taking 42 percent, Crist garnering 41 percent, 8 percent backing other candidates and 9 percent still undecided.

A Rasmussen Poll from April had Crist leading 45 percent to 39 percent for Scott.

The poll of 900 likely Florida voters was taken on July 29-July 30 and had a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.

Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis threw a bombshell into Florida politics on Friday as he ordered the Legislature to present a new map of congressional districts by Aug. 15 and demanded special elections. Last month, Lewis ruled that two congressional seats -- those held by U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla. -- failed to meet constitutional muster, namely with the Fair District amendments passed by voters in 2010.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Miller and U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla. -- the chairmen of their respective chambers Veterans Affairs Committee, reforming the U.S. Veterans Affairs department -- are sending $17 billion to help its medical facilities.

The new funds, which will be used over the next three years, come in the aftermath of reports across the nation detailing altered wait lists at VA facilities. As a result, Eric Shinseki resigned his post as VA secretary back in May.

The proposal passed the House earlier in the week and passed the Senate 91-3 on Thursday.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, launched the Palestinian and United Nations Anti-Terrorism Act of 2014 on Thursday. Rubios bill would cut off American funds to the Palestinian Authority, United Nations Human Rights Council, and other U.N. operations in the Middle East until they stop working with Hamas.

On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., teamed up with U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, to introduce a bill putting sanctions on Russia for violating the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Rubios bill would impose sanctions and stop nuclear cooperation with Russia until it is back in compliance with the treaty. The proposal would also ensure the U.S. researches its own intermediate-range weapons, which is allowed under the INF treaty.

The Florida Police Chiefs Association (FPCA) took aim at Amendment 2, a proposed amendment to the state Constitution which will allow more medical marijuana options in Florida. A Quinnipiac University poll released earlier this week found 88 percent of Floridians support medical marijuana though the survey did not focus on Amendment 2. The poll also showed 55 percent of Florida voters backed the legalization of marijuana for recreational use.