Dr. Ben Carson burst on the national scene last year when he criticized President Barack Obamas health care law at the National Prayer Breakfast. Carson is generating buzz as a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2016 and is currently leading the American Legacy PACs Save Our Healthcare project.

Roy Jones Jr., who was at one point considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, told TMZ he plans to run for mayor of his hometown of Pensacola. Now 45, Jones told TMZ he has paperwork ready and more than enough signatures to get on the ballot.

Former Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico called on President Barack Obama to take major federal action to decriminalize marijuana on Tuesday. After spending most of his career as a Republican, Johnson was the Libertarian Partys presidential candidate in 2012 and has left the door open to running again in 2016.

On Tuesday, Rep. Richard Stark, D-Weston, announced the Tallahassee police had found the body of Ryan Uhre, an intern in his office who had been missing for over two weeks. Uhre was last seen downtown on the night of Feb. 2 when he had been out to watch the Super Bowl. The body was found in Tallahassee on a building on College Avenue.

Republican-aligned super-PAC American Crossroads announced on Tuesday it was launching a new television ad taking aim at former state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic candidate running in a special congressional election in Pinellas County. Sink takes on Republican David Jolly and Libertarian Lucas Overby in the March 11 election.

Sen. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, is cheering the news that SB 188, which ensures schools will not collect biometric and personal information from students, sailed through the Senate Criminal Justice Committee on Monday. The bill also replaces using Social Security numbers with Florida Student Identification numbers to better protect students security.

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) came out swinging on Tuesday, attacking former Gov. Charlie Crist for his ties to convicted frauster Scott Rothstein. Despite spending most of his political career as a Republican, Crist is the favorite for the Democratic nomination to challenge Gov. Rick Scott in November. Earlier this month, Rothstein said Crist appointed judges based on campaign donations.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio took aim at President Barack Obama on Monday to mark the fifth anniversay of what Rubio called Obama's failed stimulus program. Rubio released a Web video on the matter in which he says the following:

If you recall five years ago, the notion was that if the government spent all this money that, by the way, was borrowed that somehow the economy would begin to grow and create jobs. Well, of course, it clearly failed.

Speaking at Universal Studios in Orlando on Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced that 2013 was a record year for tourism in Florida as 94.7 million tourists visited the Sunshine State, a jump of 3.5 percent from 2012. Using data from Visit Florida, Scott also noted almost 1.1 million Floridans worked in direct travel-related jobs in 2012, an increase of almost 3 percent from 2012.

Gov. Rick Scott hit the national airwaves on Thursday, appearing on Fox Business Network to showcase Floridas economy and to take aim at President Barack Obamas health care law.