Pratt & Whitney Aircraft intends to add 230 jobs as it expands its manufacturing facility on its 6,800 acres in northern Palm Beach County.

East Hartford, Conn.-based United Technologies Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Louis Chevert was joined by Gov. Rick Scott in announcing a $4.4 million incentive package from the state and Palm Beach County for Pratt & Whitneys $63 million investment.

The state is putting up $3.4 million, with $1 million from the county for tax exemptions and job growth incentives over four years.

This may well be the last time I speak on the House floor. At the end of the year Ill leave Congress after 23 years in office over a 36-year period.

Barack Obama attended more than 200 fundraisers for his presidential campaign, but he refrained from raising money for congressional Democrats.

Cuban-Americans voted for the Democratic candidate in historically high numbers in last week's presidential election, analysts say, a continuation of a years-long trend that could be eroding the GOP's standing among a core portion of the party's base in Florida.

There are differences of opinion on just how much of the Cuban vote in South Florida President Barack Obama captured mostly depending on how the counting was done.