Who needs newspapers for the goings-on of the Florida House? Not you, if you've got a smart phone or tablet.

House speaker Will Weatherford announced Thursday the advent of a new mobile app that will allow you to read bills, contact your state lawmaker or watch committee meetings -- all on instruments you can hold in your hand.

New Jersey legislators gave the final thumbs-up Tuesday to a bill legalizing gambling over the Internet. They already sent the bill to Gov. Chris Christie.

Christie, all for the bill, has vowed to sign it quickly.

One of the surprises-to-many of the opening Florida Gaming Congress session -- called "Destination Florida?" -- was Michael Yormark's strong endorsement of at least one destination casino in South Florida. Yormark is president of Sunrise Sports & Entertainment, better known as the National Hockey League's Florida Panthers.

Did you know Carole Crist has two children by her ex-husband Todd Rome? Probably not. How would you? Neither she nor her husband Charlie are ever seen with them.

And that's the problem now. Carole apparently has "mommy issues" -- as in "I don't want to be one."

The Palm Beach Post gets high marks for catching on to Debbie Wasserman Schultz's attempt at "a bit of deception" Monday when she tried to criticize fellow Floridian Marco Rubio ahead of his State of the Union rebuttal tonight.

In a morning press release, Florida Gov. Rick Scott cited highlights from his 2013-14 budget and other statistics to show he's scored a fiscal triumph so far in his administration. Here they are:

-- Overall savings in budget: $1.2 billion.

-- 3: Gov. Scott submitted Floridas three smallest budgets in the last decade (adjusted for inflation and population growth).

-- Largest decline in size of state government workforce per 1,000 residents over last 14 years.

Just as he did when he was Florida's governor, Jeb Bush -- serving as a consultant -- likely will make a significant mark in restructuring education for success in Virginia public schools.

In a teleconference call Friday to Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, Bush called the grading of public schools a "catalytic converter" for academic improvement and he urged Virginia to follow the Sunshine State's lead.

"Fired" implies just what it says -- marching orders, employer to employee.

Brian Burgess apparently was not fired.

When asked specifically, the highest ranking director of the Republican Party of Florida told Sunshine State News the RPOF did not fire his communications director.

Read the book.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says, "It is not [immigration] law enforcement but the law itself that is broken."

In case you didn't know, Bush and Goldwater Institute Vice President Clint Bolick collaborated on a book, it's just out and it couldn't be more timely: "Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution."

Marco Rubio of Florida has been a key player in a bipartisan group of eight senators looking to effect a top-to-bottom overhaul of the nation's immigration system.