You might want to crack open a bottle of celebratory wine for this, readers. If you can afford it.

The state's unemployment rate for April was 12 percent, .3 percent lower than March's rate of 12.3 percent, according to statistics released less than an hour ago from the Agency for Workforce Innovation. This is the first time state unemployment has declined in four years.

The state registered 7,196, 600 jobs by the end of April, but job loss continued to outnumber growth, as it has for awhile.

While BP has promised to spend $25 million in ads to lure tourists perhaps put off by the oil spill back to Florida, Congressman Kendrick Meek, the frontrunner for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, said it was not enough and sent a letter to BP CEO Tony Hayworth asking for another $75 million in ads.

Interesting developments in the 7th Congressional district, where incumbent Republican Congressman John Mica is facing a challenge from Democrat Heather Beaven. From his perch on the the House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Mica said in a hearing on Wednesday that the Obama administration is to blame for oil spill in the Gulf. Mica said the administration had no plan for a spill and should have pushed for more regulation. Mica even labeled it the Obama oil spill.

With oil now caught in the loop current, Rep. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, R-Miami, is calling for Gov. Charlie Crist to add Miami-Dade County to the counties that will be impacted by the oil spill in the Gulf.

It is just a matter of time until the oil spill in the Gulf makes it to the shores in Miami-Dade, said Lopez-Cantera. We need to begin planning ahead so we can minimize the spills impact on our region. This could be an economic and environmental tragedy if we dont have the resources available to deal with this crisis.

Former Agency for Health Administration Secretary Holly Benson, now in a tight primary battle with Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp and prosecutor Pam Bondi for the Republican attorney general nomination, just announced the members of her finance committee.

Names on the list include Leon County Commissioner Bryan Desloge, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Florida Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer Duke Livermore, and Joe Negron, a state senator from Palm City.

Jeff Greene, the billionaire real estate investor running for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, says that last nights election results shows that voters are fed up with established politicians.

Last nights results are proof positive of how frustrated and fed up voters are with politics as usual and the career politicians who have failed us, said Greene. Im fed up too -- thats why we launched this campaign to shake up Washington, create jobs and get real results for the people of Florida.

In an email sent to incoming House Speaker Dean Cannon, Rep. Tom Grady, R-Naples, announced he would not be running for re-election. Grady was elected in 2008 and was considered by many to be a rising star in the GOP.

"To be clear," Grady said in the email, "I'm graduating in November from the Florida House, not retiring from public service."

Bill McCollums team is lashing out hard at conservative businessman and Republican gubernatorial rival Rick Scott.

Best known for his presidential campaigns and his contest with Barack Obama for the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois, Dr. Alan Keyes commented today on Gov. Charlie Crist and conservatism.

Asked if Gov. Crist ever fought for conservative ideals, Keyes said, In my opinion, no he hasnt.

With Jeff Greene running TV ads, Congressman Kendrick Meek has unleashed a website and a new video blasting his opponent in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

Meek offers a pointed take on Greenes background in finance, bringing up a quote from Warren Buffett and some newspaper clippings.