The Miami Herald reports that South Florida's business community is experiencing a rebound in the number of loan approvals.

Lenders are expressing a greater interest than they have in the past few years in terms of meeting the needs of the small-business community, Marjorie Weber, Miami-Dade Chapter Chair of SCORE, which helps business owners put loan packages together and refers them to bankers, tells the Herald.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, 44 other state attorneys general, and the federal government reached a $12 million settlement with Victory Pharma Inc., resolving allegations that VPI provided unlawful kick-backs to health care professionals to persuade them to prescribe their drugs. Florida will receive more than $46,000 as part of this settlement.

The Orlando Sentinel reports on at least one unintended consequence of a105-page bill introduced last year by Rep. Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, and passed by the Florida Legislature. The measure requires foreign visitors to be inpossessionof an "International Driving Permit" in order to lawfully drive vehicles in Florida.

In response to concerns raised by the tourism industry and by the international community, theDepartment of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is delaying implementation of the law, which might violate the 1949Geneva Convention on Road Traffic.

Former U.S. congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Connie Mack, R-Fla., has taken to the pages of The Hill to condemn President Obama's drone campaign, along with his administration's policy to resort to "remote control assassination" of suspected terrorists, even if they are American citizens who have not been convicted in a court of law.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced the arrest of a Duval County woman accused of stealing more than $400,000 from Floridas Aged and Disabled Adult Waiver Program.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi entered a settlement Thursday with Toyota Motor Corp., resolving allegations that Toyota publicly represented that its vehicles were safe despite knowing about unintended acceleration caused by accelerator entrapment and sticky accelerator pedals.

Floridas 29-member congressional delegation the third largest in Congress met today for the first time in three years under the bipartisan leadership of Co-Chairmen Reps. Vern Buchanan and Alcee Hastings to discuss the economic importance of the states 15 seaports.

FOX Business Networks Cheryl Casone will host a two-day special report examining the economic growth in the state of Florida starting Thursday, Feb. 14, at 6 a.m.

And you can catch our exclusive sneak-peak tomorrow morning, at 3:55 a.m.!

Is Miami becoming the new Wall Street, the new financial capital of America and the world?

Why are businesses flocking to the Sunshine State from the Tri-state area?

What is Florida doing right? What is Florida doing wrong?

Do Gov. Rick Scott's policies have anything to do with this?

The Florida House Civil Justice Subcommittee has just approved PCB CJS 13-02 ("Expert Testimony") along a 9-4 party-line vote.

Former congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Connie Mack is applauding U.S. Sen. Rand Pauls remarks that followed the presidents State of the Union address. Mack said:

Senator Rand Paul is right America must cut spending and balance our budget.