UPDATED: So, there I was one evening last week, checking out Facebook pages for and against Senate Bill 1164 and House Bill 1279.

Attorney General Pam Bondi is rarely out of the news. Her name was among those that surfaced amid speculation about Gov. Rick Scott's next lieutenant governor after Jennifer Carroll resigned. She's nationally known for Florida's lead role in a 26-state lawsuit against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. And she's following a full slate of legislation, in some cases for the third year.

Former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist has received plenty of attention as he ponders another run for governor as a newly minted Democrat.

But the current occupant of the governor's mansion, Republican Rick Scott, is leaving little question that Crist should be ready for a tough campaign. Scott this week signaled that a major line of attack would juxtapose his economic leadership to Crist's tenure, when the nation tumbled into a recession that caused widespread job losses.

Florida stands to generate more than 120,000 new jobs over the next 10 years if it accepts federal funding to expand health care coverage.

That's according to a new study from University of Florida economics professor Alan Hodges.

Hodges says Florida would receive $51 billion in federal cash under the Affordable Care Act over the next decade and that would allow the state to extend health insurance to 1 million uninsured Floridians.

The countdown has begun for Friday night's NCAA David-and-Goliath matchup between Florida Gulf Coast University and the University of Florida. And probably few people are as psyched for the game as the Florida Capitol's honorary Eagles cheerleader, Rep. Matt Hudson, R-Naples.

Hudson's daughter graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University and Hudson himself admits he's a huge fan who loves watching the Eagles' aerial feats live.

Gov. Rick Scott announced in Orlando Friday that since December 2010, Florida has created 294,200 private-sector jobs.

Considering the February unemployment rate decreased 0.2 percentage points to 7.7 percent, he said, Florida's unemployment is now the lowest it's been since October 2008.