With popular former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush being touted in as a possible Republican contender in 2016, Reuters profiles his contribution to the Sunshine State's education reform:

"Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush soared to rock star status in the education world on the strength of a chart.

"A simple graph, it tracked fourth-grade reading scores. In 1998, when Bush was elected governor, Florida kids scored far below the national average. By the end of his second term, in 2007, they were far ahead, with especially impressive gains for low-income and minority students.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that the City of Pembroke Pines has become the first in the Sunshine State to pass a resolution warning residents that radiation from cell phones might cause cancer:

"Holding your cellphone up to your ear could be hazardous to your health. Now, one South Florida city wants to make sure you know it.

"Inspired by a resident's cancer survival story, Pembroke Pines passed what's thought to be the first resolution in the state to warn residents about the possibility of cellphone radiation causing cancer.

LifeSiteNews has the scoop on yet another Obamacare challenge making its way through the federal courts:

"The Supreme Court has ordered the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a lawsuit against the HHS mandate, setting up a legal test of the most controversial provision of the Obama administrations health care reform law before the High Court as early as next year.

"'Todays ruling breathes new life into our challenge to ObamaCare,' said Mat Staver, the dean of Liberty University Law School, who filed the case.

Politico reports that one of the sons of popular former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is one of the Lone Star State's ... er ... rising new stars:

"The state of Texas may get another George Bush on the ballot.

"George Prescott Bush, the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the nephew of former Texas governor and ex-President George W. Bush, has filed preliminary paperwork to run for office in the Lone Star State in 2014. That leaves the new Bush poised to become a key face in the next generation of Republican politicians. ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a statement responding to Sunshine State News' story this morning on secret email accounts and a researcher's lawsuit alleging noncompliance with the Freedom of Information Act:

Don't take out the funeral pals forTwinkies, Ding Dongs, and Ho Hos quite yet. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports a small companyheadquarteredin the Sunshine State might be coming to the rescue:

"A local investment company said Monday it plans to make a multimillion bid for the Hostess bakery line, which includes iconic brands such as Wonder Bread and Twinkies snack food.

"But Hurst Capital LLLP acknowledges that winning what is likely to be a bidding war in federal bankruptcy court will be an uphill climb.

Well, he didn't mention the Sunshine State specifically, but ...

"Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Monday that secession was a 'deeply American principle,' amid a growing number of people petitioning the White House to let their states secede from the U.S.

When asked to comment on a recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau that says Florida is the third poorest state in the nation, Gov. Rick Scott's office directed Sunshine State News to the Department of Economic Opportunity. The DEO's deputy chief communications officer, James Miller, did not comment on the SPM specifically, but said "Floridas economy is moving in the right direction as the states unemployment rate declines each month and more Floridians find jobs."

On Thursday, Sunshine State News reported on tea party favorite Sen. Marco Rubio's proposal to reform U.S. immigration policy incrementally, beginning with legalizing undocumented youth who immigrated when they were children.

The Daily Caller has since released what it says is a proposal circulating among Republican legislators, which appears to be a draft on the legislation Rubio's press secretary Alex Conant told the News is in the works: