On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott added the Innovators in Tourism award to this years batch of Governors Innovators in Business Awards (GIBA).

Floridas tourism industry is responsible for 1 million Florida jobs and we want to make sure that this important part of our economy is rewarded, Scott said on Wednesday. "Thanks to our job creators, Florida is becoming the top state for business in the country. I look forward to recognizing these innovative businesses for making sure families can live their American dream.

As Florida Sen. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, reaches her three-year term limit and leaves the board of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund, her colleague Florida Sen. Rene Garcia, R-Hialeah, joins it.

On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the chairwoman of the House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, tore into the United Nations after the General Assembly voted its disapproval of the American embargo on Communist Cuba.

On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott announced that the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) will expand in Hillsborough County, investing more than $164 million and creating 1,215 new jobs over the next six years.

One of the leading moderate Republicans in Tallahassee, Florida Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, ripped into former Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday. Latvala and Crist moved up the GOP ranks together in Pinellas County before Crist left the Republicans in 2010. On Monday, Crist launched a gubernatorial bid as a Democrat.

Florida Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, ripped into newly minted gubernatorial candidate and new Democrat former Gov. Charlie Crist. Thrasher served as chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) during Crists last days as a Republican.

On Tuesday, former U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., doubled down on his support of U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who is looking to defeat U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., next year. Republicans across the nation have pointed to this race as crucial to flipping the Senate in 2014.

On Monday, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., demanded the Obama administration ramp up its efforts to help Alan Gross, an American relief worker accused of espionage by the Castro regime and who has been imprisoned for four years. Ros-Lehtinen accused the Obama administration of kowtowing to the Castro regime.

The Jacksonville Jaguars were not supposed to be in the spotlight in recent days. The Jaguars, clearly the worst team in the National Football League (NFL), had a bye on Sunday and First Coast football fans were supposed to focus on the Miami-FSU game which had national implications and, while the Georgia Bulldogs and Florida Gators have been disappointing this season, their game in Jacksonville is one of the citys annual traditions.

With a pivotal case on the role of religion in the public square scheduled for a U.S. Supreme Court hearing on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., posted an op-ed over at Fox News on the importance of prayer to open legislative meetings.