Gray Swoope, who headed up the Mississippi Development Agency under Gov. Haley Barbour, was named on Monday to head Enterprise Florida.

Enterprise Florida is a public-private partnership between the state government and business and looks to promote economic development across the Sunshine State.

Barbour, whose name has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, offered strong words of praise for Swoope.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and may do so again in 2012, weighed in on the war on terror on Monday, insisting that it must continue -- and that the United States is increasingly becoming the frontline.

Medicaid will be on center stage on Capitol Hill on Wednesday when Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns, the chairman of the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee under the umbrella of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will examine how fraud impacts the program -- and how much it costs taxpayers.

The team at Florida TaxWatch chimed in late Monday to praise the selection of Gray Swoope to serve as the president of Enterprise Florida.

Gray Swoope, who headed up the Mississippi Development Agency under Gov. Haley Barbour, was named on Monday to head Enterprise Florida.

Bringing new energy and expertise to Floridas economic development activities is an ideal task for which Gray Swoope is well-suited, Gov. Rick Scott said.I am excited to have him leading the job creation and economic development mission in Florida.

Frank Buckles, the last American veteran of World War I, passed away in West Virginia at the age of 110, closing the door on a chapter of American history. He was the last of the doughboys as American soldiers of the war were called.

Major shakeup at the St. Joe Co. as the Fairholme Fund, which is the largest shareholder in the Northwest Florida real estate company, assumed more power in the company.

Britt Greene is out as president and CEO and has left the board of directors. Three other directors -- Michael Ainslie, John Lord and Walter Revell -- have also stepped down.

The AP has a story about Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, receiving more than $150,000 from Brevard Community College for writing a book on politics and government in the Sunshine State -- of which there is currently only one copy.