C'mon down! Panama City Beach wants college students to know that spring break is back.

Not that it ever really went away, but the BP oil disaster last summer blew a hole in Gulf tourism, and beach towns on Florida's Panhandle are spreading the word that the coast is clear.

A robust crowd in March -- the high season for college revelers -- can prime the tourism pump for the rest of the year, says Dan Rowe, president and CEO of the Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau.

"Spring break is part of our DNA," he says.

Rick Scott is governing Florida like a business -- and that's made the former health-care CEO the bete noir of pro-labor progressives and union-loving Democrats.

But Scott's agenda is just what the voters ordered to revive an ailing economy, say corporate leaders and grass-roots conservatives.

Whether Scott turns out to be a vulture capitalist or Florida's financial savior remains to be seen. But after less than two months in office, he leaves little room for ambivalence.

Officials in Gov. Rick Scotts administration said Thursday nothing has changed his mind about the prospects for high-speed rail, and backers of the train conceded that it appeared Florida will lose the $2.4 million Washington had offered, and any chance to build it.

House Health and Human Services Chairman Rob Schenck does not like Florida's prescription-drug database. That much is clear.

But after listening to more than two hours of testimony last week about the state's notorious pill mills, the Spring Hill Republican refused to say how he wants to combat prescription-drug abuse.