Promoting state sovereignty, a convention of 10th Amendment advocates will gather on Jacksonville's riverfront Saturday with a simple but radical message: "Nullify Now!"

More fundamentally libertarian and anti-establishment than the "Occupy" movement that hit town last week, the "Nullify Now!" tour challenges what organizers assail as "federal overreach."

Calling for tax reform, fewer regulations and expanded domestic energy production, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney on Tuesday unveiled his "Restore America Act" to kick-start the stalled U.S. economy and get government out of the way.

Hosting a business panel in Martin County, the Tequesta Republican said, My jobs plan is based on the fundamental idea that Washington doesnt create jobs -- businesses and innovators do.

John Hope Franklin, the famed black historian at Duke University, once told the incoming freshmen, "The new America in the 21st century will be primarily non-white, a place George Washington would not recognize."

Banks would be prohibited from charging customers monthly fees for debit card use under a measure filed in the state Legislature Monday. The proposal would also prevent consumers from being charged for not using their cards.