Both sides of the Florida Legislature will spend time this fall reviewing a controversial deal approved by the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, on Thursday announced the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee will investigate a downsizing deal that could be worth up to $52 million for St. Petersburg-based Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co.

WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, Qusair fell to the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.

While most eyes in the Big Bend were on Tropical Storm Andrea, GOP political operatives in the region were busy defining congressional hopeful Gwen Graham as an all-out liberal Democrat, as far to the left as Nancy Pelosi and Howard Dean.

Graham, in pursuit of the Democratic nomination and ultimately Republican Steve Southerland's District 2 congressional seat,continues to portray herself as a moderate Graham Democrat, like her famous father.

With the U.S. Supreme Court set to release a first-time ruling later this month on same-sex marriage, the stage is set for it to be a major issue in the 2016 presidential race.

UPDATED:At 5 p.m. Tuesday, Tropical Storm Andrea was bearing down on the state capital, in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico about 35 miles north north-west of Cedar Key, or approximately 80 miles southeast of Tallahassee.

Law enforcement in the capital have asked people to stay off the roads, some of which are flooded and strewn with debris.