U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, considered for many months a vice presidential possibility, praised Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running rate.

Gov. Rick Scott is more than a little miffed.

Nearly a month has passed, according to a statement from his office, since the U.S. Department of Homeland Security agreed to grant Florida access to the federal citizenship database (also known as the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database, or SAVE). But Florida still cannot access the SAVE system.

That means with less than three months to go before the general election, the state remains unable to identify and remove noncitizens from the voting rolls.

Kevin Derby, associate editor of Sunshine State News, has resigned his position at the news organization to join the Florida Chamber of Commerce ascommunications coordinator. His last day at the News will be Aug. 10.

Derby has been with Sunshine State News since its inception in February 2010.

Miami officials said on Thursday that if the unions don't give in on $40 million in concessions, they will be forced to declare "financial urgency," an action that would allow the city to unilaterally alter contracts.

According to a Reuters story, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado was quoted as saying the declaration would be issued by the city manager because the savings are needed to balance the city's $485 million operating budget for the next fiscal year.

Marking the beginning of the end for the magazine's 79-year run as a print weekly, Newsweek owner IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI) said Wednesday the magazine will begin transitioning to an online publication.

Newsmax.com had the story Wednesday night.

Big difference between how lobbyists in Florida and how their muscular equivalent in Washington are reacting to Election 2012 and the matter of the atrophic economy.

In volatile Florida -- alive with issues percolating for the next legislative session -- lobbyists are throwing money around like Abu Dhabi sheiks at a Kentucky Derby after-party -- albeit under the cover of super-PAC darkness.

You know that old adage: when the economy is in the tank, tour the Everglades? Well, no, we don't either, but the lefties sure do -- I can still picture a tanned and smiling Gov. Charlie Crist with the beautiful sawgrass swaying in the breeze behind him.

With new poll numbers showing perceptions of the economy in the toilet, here comes the president tossing out the Everglades card for the second time in two weeks, sending Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar for a 'Glades photo op.

While Democrats in Florida continue to look for ways to cash in on Rick Scott's low approval numbers, since Saturday a lot of folks in D.C. are looking at the Florida governor with a whole lot more admiration and respect than he's getting currently in the Sunshine State.

It's his travel philosophy they like. And it's President Obama's that has these folks pitching fits.

Seems last Saturday President Obama commissioned Air Force One to travel 90 miles from the White House to a campaign rally near Richmond, Va., a location only 90 miles away.

Will New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie come to Florida to deliver the keynote address at next month's Republican National Convention?

Public health officials from the federal government, the state and for the city of Jacksonville said Monday they're going to test the entire homeless population in Duval County for tuberculosis.

It's the best way to minimize the spread of the disease, they said.