Sen. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, and Rep. Katie Edwards, D-Plantation, reached across party lines on Wednesday to file a bill which would ensure sex offenders cant access pornography when on probation.

Stargel weighed in on the current laws deficits.

Florida TaxWatch released a studyon Tuesday which finds teacher preparation and continued training for educators is essential to implementing Common Core and other new standards in the Sunshine State.

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West ripped leaders in Washington on Tuesday for mismanaging the budget. In an email to supporters, West labeled the stand-off between House Republicans, Senate Democrats, and the White House as disgraceful.

We should be ashamed that Congress and the White House have allowed our country to return to the edge of the fiscal cliff after we should have cut spending and balanced the budget in 2011 when we reached the debt ceiling then, West insisted.

Despite placing second behind Rep. Darryl Rouson, D-St.Petersburg, to be the next caucus leader, House Democratic Leader Pro Tempore Mia Jones, D-Jacksonville, announced on Tuesday she would not run again. Instead, Jones endorsed Rep. Mark Pafford, D-West Palm Beach. Rouson was voted out on Monday night.

The Democratic minority in the Florida House met behind closed doors in Tallahassee on Monday night to oust Rep. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, from becoming the caucus leader after next year's elections. Rouson garnered the support of 17 members of the Democratic caucus but 24 voted to dismiss him.

Republican Party of Florida Chairman (RPOF) Lenny Curry took aim on Monday at former Gov. Charlie Crist -- who is the front-runner for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination -- over education.

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West weighed in on foreign policy on Monday, trashing Democrats on the matter.

President Obama whispered under his breath in a hot mike moment to then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to tell Vladimir Putin he would have more flexibility in a second term, West posted on Facebook on Monday. We now clearly see what that flexibility means: increased aggression by enemies of our state who see a weak, indecisive president.

The Florida Department of Health announced on Monday that Dr. Anna Marie Likos will take over as director for the Division of Disease Control and Health Protection, overseeing the bureaus of communicable diseases, environmental health, and epidemiology.

Gov. Rick Scott announced on Monday that he was naming Rebecca Fishman Lipsey to the Florida Board of Education starting in January 2014. A former public school teacher in New York, Lipsey has been active with Teach For America, leading that group in Miami-Dade.

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West, who has left the door open for a political comeback in 2016, offered his solution over the weekend on how to avoid a federal government shutdown.