Ben Pollara, campaign manager for medical marijuana ballot-express United for Care, reports his team has today officially shipped 100,000 petitions to Florida supervisors of elections offices -- "which should put us past the threshold required for Supreme Court review." 

It wasn't his first choice for location. But soccer great David Beckham is making his dream come true -- he's bringing an MLS team to Miami. Beckham Miami United agreed to a deal with the City of Miami Friday that will see a privately funded, 25,000-seat stadium built next to Marlins Park and the site of the old Orange Bowl.

George H.W. Bush, 41st and oldest living United States president, is doing "fine" after he broke a bone in his neck during a fall Wednesday at his Kennebunkport, Maine home.

A Piper Aircraft press release issued Wednesday paints a grim picture for employees of this Vero Beach general aviation manufacturer.

Some 150 of the firm's 750 employees are facing layoff. 

Apparently we missed a major wedding in Plantation Saturday -- the second marriage of Lauren's Kids' founder Lauren Book, 30, this time to Blair Byrnes. 

OK, tennis isn't politics and maybe I have no business writing about it in Sunshine State News, but I feel the need to strike back at the low-key response, the near indifference, to Serena Williams' astounding accomplishments I'm seeing now, of all times.

Jeb Bush, laying claim to some of the nation's wealthiest donors, has to be scaring the pants off other candidates, red and blue, in the 2016 presidential race.

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, will undergo surgery Monday to treat it, his office said Thursday.

So, the Patrick Murphy team is now trying to do what? Portray Alan Grayson as a right-winger, it looks like. 

What planet do they live on?

Murphy's latest pitch to his Democratic donor list says this: "Patrick Murphy is the only true choice for Florida. He has a proven record of standing up for Democratic values like protecting Social Security, fighting for women's equality, and promoting LGBT rights."

Mike Elfenbein makes a good point on the questionable Florida panther numbers Florida records.

Elfenbein, 38, a Charlotte County hunter who has studied the panthers at length and supports taking the animal off the endangered species list, sent Sunshine State News the photo on this page. It was taken on private land in Lee County.