Attorney General Bill McCollum and Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles Bronson, at a joint press conference at the Capitol Thursday, announced a sweeping statewide crackdown on telemarketers who fraudulently scam timeshare customers.

NEW YORK -- Sometimes when everyone is shouting, only a whisper can be heard.

An all-female contest to succeed state Sen. Jeff Atwater could be one of the Democratic Party's few opportunities to convert a Republican seat.

The two leading candidates battling to be the states next commissioner of agriculture and consumer services focused on alternative energy Thursday, each one insisting that he would be better for Floridians looking to tap into renewable energy sources including solar power, biofuels and wind.

Seeking to capture the spirit of the Contract With America that propelled their party to control the U.S. House in 1994 for the first time in 40 years, Republicans unveiled the Pledge to America Thursday. Their hope -- the goal behind the strategy -- is to pick up control of Congress in Novembers elections.

Florida Public Service Commission Chairwoman Nancy Argenziano said she was disappointed by Gov. Charlie Crists method of replacing her and Commissioner Nathan Skop on the panel next year with Tampa lawyer Julie Brown and West Palm Beach city official Eduardo Balbis though not with the actual choices themselves.

Thursday marks the six-month anniversary of President Barack Obamas signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and congressional Republicans are taking advantage of the opportunity to decry the legislation that has revitalized their base ahead of the midterm elections.

An appeals court in Miami shook up the Sunshine States political landscape Wednesday by ruling that the 33-year-old Florida law banning gay couples from adopting children is unconstitutional.