The Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling today striking down, asunconstitutional, a state statute that made it illegal for motorists to play music loud enough to be "plainly audible" to someone 25 feet away.

"Motorists are free to blast Justin Timberlake -- or any other music they choose -- as loud as they wish," the Florida Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

As the Florida Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on theconstitutionalityof red light camera citations issued before July 2010, Collier County has decided to nix the devices altogether, replacing them with longer yellow light times:

The Ledger has the scoop:

"Since the end of Florida's 2010 budget year, state debt has plummeted from $28.2 billion to $26.2 billion. The debt dropped most precipitously in the last fiscal year -- $1.5 billion -- which was fully under Gov. Rick Scott's watch.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday that she and33 other attorneys general have reached a $42.9 million settlement with Pfizerresolving allegations that the company engaged in unfair anddeceptive trade practices while promoting its drugs Zyvox and Lyrica.Under the settlement, Florida will receive approximately $2.1 million.

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam announced Wednesday that the number of Floridians holding concealed weapons permits will reach a record high of one million "sometime next week." That's higher than any other state.

More to come . . .

Daily Caller reports on 18 Democratic senators who have petitioned U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to allow the passage of legislation delaying implementation of Obamacare's medical devices tax.

Florida's ostensibly "moderate" Democrat, Bill Nelson, was not one of the signatories.

"Eighteen Democratic U.S. senators and senators-elect sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid last week calling for a 'delay in the implementation' of the medical device tax in Obamacare, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Attorney General Pam Bondi today filed an emergency ruleoutlawing 22 new synthetic drugs, commonly called bath salts, K2 orSpice. Bondi was joined by law enforcement officers anda health practitioner as she announced the emergency rule designating newsynthetic drugs as Schedule I of controlled substances, making it athird-degree felony for an individual to sell, manufacture, or deliver, orpossess with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver" these drugs.

Attorney Justin Pearson, executive director of the Florida chapter of the Institute for Justice (IJ), the nation'spremierfree-market public interest law firm, has a column today in the Daily Caller about an upcoming vote by the Sunrise City Commission on whether to outlaw the operation of food trucks in their city.

A high-ranking spokesperson for the FOX New Channel has confirmed to Sunshine State News that Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is not working on a contract with the center-right cable news network.

As we reported yesterday, a reporter (from the Tampa Bay Times) told Bondi a source had suggested that the attorney general was working on a deal to become an on-air FOX contributor. As we also reported, Bondi emphatically rebutted the rumor:

Florida's attorney general, Pam Bondi, emphatically rebutted suggestions by one reporter that she might not run for re-election as the Sunshine State's chief legal officer in 2014.

"That's a billion, billion percent false," she told the reporter. "Whoever told you that is a very bad source! . . .I plan on running for re-election for attorney general."