The state highway safety agency is pushing for a new license plate that's easier for cameras to read to save money on lost tolls and fines.

In its proposed budget for the coming year, released Monday and set for approval by Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet later this month, the agency says it wants lawmakers to approve the use of more than $23 million in various existing fees to buy new plates with a goal of replacing all plates within two years.

President Obama presented himself to the nation in 2008 as something new -- a change agent who would bring fresh ideas to our national challenges and solve problems in a post-partisan, unifying fashion.

Florida's left-wing community is up in arms, opposed to every amendment to the state Constitution that will be on the ballot in November.

A Tallahassee police officer is the defendant in yet another civil suit, this one alleging that she "willful[ly] and malicious[ly]" violated the First Amendment rights of a local activist.

The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, says that Officer Annette Garrett used computers owned by the Tallahassee Police Department to delete unflattering information posted by city watchdog Robert Brayshaw on websites like scribd.com, slideshare.com, calameo.com, and Wikipedia.

When a politician is in trouble, he usually falls back on what he knows best -- the world he saw around him when he entered into political awareness as a young adult.

Amendment 9 is one of a handful on the November ballot that enjoys widespread bipartisan support and very little vocal opposition, but critics are warning it will further complicate the tax code and drain much-needed tax revenues from local governments.