Gov. Rick Scott announced on Monday that he will head to Kentucky next month, trying to lure jobs from the Bluegrass State to Florida. Scott pointed to Florida’s right-to-work laws as a reason why the Sunshine State was a better bet for businesses. 

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla, now the president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis and Richard Bowen, a contributor with the Financial Crisis Institute, weighed in on last week’s stock market fluctuations and warned there could be more problems.

Running in the open Republican primary to replace U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., in Congress, former New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer announced on Monday he had signed the pledge from Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) not to raise taxes. 

Tallahassee attorney Mary Thomas, running for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., next year, showcased her support for Americans for Tax Reform’s (ATR) “Tax Payer Protection Pledge.” 

U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., honored the 52nd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech on Friday, offering his take on the historic speech. 

With college football season about to kickoff, Florida TaxWatch showcased a report on Monday which finds a winning program helps lift universities. 

Trying to catch businessman Donald Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., used the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina to showcase his handling of 75,000 evacuees who headed to Arkansas during the storm. 

Gov. Rick Scott urged Floridians to be careful and stay ready after getting an update regarding Tropical Storm Erika at the Miami-Dade County Emergency Operations Center on Friday. 

Florida Democrats U.S. Reps. Alan Grayson and Patrick Murphy turned up the heat on each other this week as they run in the primary to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016. 

Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio was not the only Republican to urge President Barack Obama to get tougher with China on Friday. From his perch on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., sent a letter to Obama on China on Friday. The letter is included below: