At a media event in Miami on Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott named Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser Carlos Lopez-Cantera as the 19th lieutenant governor of Florida. The position had been vacant since March when Scott demanded then-Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carrolls resignation after news broke she was being investigated regarding directing money toward Internet cafes.

President Barack Obama is scheduled later this week to speak on reforming the way the federal government collects information on citizens -- but former Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico is not buying it. Johnson was the Libertarian Partys presidential candidate in 2012 and has left the door open to running again in 2016.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., pointed to reports showing only 21 percent of Floridians between 18-34 have signed up for President Barack Obamas health-care law.

Florida Rep. MaryLynn Magar, R-Hobe Sound, suffered what her office is decribing as a mild stroke last week. Magar left the hospital on Saturday and is expected to be in Tallahassee for the legislative session when it kicks off in March.

Appearing at JaxPort on Monday, Gov. Rick Scott said the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is penciled in to receive $8.8 billion, including almost $139 million for ports improvements, under his proposed budget.

U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla, compared Targets handling of a major date breach to how the federal government was handling security and privacy in President Barack Obamas federal health-care law -- and found the government lacking.

From his perch on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committees Health Subcommittee, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., turned up the heat on President Barack Obamas federal health-care law on Friday.

Bilirakis supported the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act which includes elements from his One Hour Notification Act ensuring the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies Americans when their security has been compromised through the health-care website.

U.S. Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla., is back to work on Capitol Hill after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine and going into rehab. Radel submitted 28 nominations to the military service academies on Friday.

It is humbling that so many of our local students in Southwest Florida have a desire to serve their country and I am happy to nominate them to our prestigious service academies, Radel said.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., hit the national airwaves on Sunday, appearing on CBSs Face the Nation to continue insisting the federal War on Poverty launched by President Lyndon Johnson relied too much on big government. Rubio offered a major speech last week on the 50th anniversary of LBJ announcing the War on Poverty.

With Steve Precourt resigning his seat from the Florida House this week, Gov. Rick Scott called a special election on Friday to fill the seat. The primaries will be held on March 11 while the general election will be held on April 8.

Precourt was facing term limits in November and three candidates -- Republican former Rep. Eric Eisnaugle and Democrats Lee Douglas and Shaun Raja -- were already running for the seat.