Gov. Rick Scott has gone West, stopping in Los Angeles in an effort to lure California businesses to the Sunshine State.

Gabriella B. Ferraro, communications manager for Martin County, posted an explanation and defense of the county's lobbying programs and its lobbyist after Sunshine State News published Nancy Smith's April 29 column, "Brian Ballard's Worth the Disappointment, Reasons Martin Commission."  The SSN column followed a story in the local Treasure Coast News that reported Tallahassee lobbyist Ballard not only is Martin's chief lobbyist, but he lobbies for one of Martin's prime antagonists, All Aboard Florida.

Florida will once again be front and center in a presidential election come November as the largest swing state. 

A Florida congressman cheered the news that a Green Beret was fully reinstated in the Army after he was forced out of service after reporting an Afghan ally abusing a child. “What took so long?” Vern Buchanan asked on Friday, after a review board determined Sgt. Charles Martland could remain in the service. 

The impasse over Florida's next insurance commissioner ended Friday.

Remaining in-house, Gov. Rick Scott and state Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater --- in their third attempt to reach a joint recommendation on the high-profile job --- agreed to promote Deputy Commissioner David Altmaier to become the state's top insurance regulator.

As commissioner, Altmaier, who a decade ago was working as a high-school math teacher and track coach in Kentucky, will see his salary increase from $115,000 a year to $165,000 a year.

The majority of Republican voters finally believe Republican presidential hopeful and billionaire  Donald Trump will be their party’s nominee come November.

The Rasmussen Reports poll solidly confirms most voters believe the two likely nominees for the Republican and Democratic Party will be Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

The new survey of likely Republican voters found an overwhelming majority -- 89 percent -- now think the firebrand frontrunner is likely to win the GOP nomination. 

Sen. Marco Rubio, at the South Florida Water Management District today, is meeting with scientists, then briefing District personnel and the media -- no doubt sharing news that the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP), though not funded, is included in S.2848, the 2016 Water Resources Development Act.

If you want a look at the side of the climate change argument liberals belligerently dismiss, have a look at "Climate Hustle," a new film that debunks the "climate scare." It's playing at a theater near you, in fact at 36 movie locations up and down Florida -- but for now anyway, you'll have only one shot -- a special showing at 7 p.m. Monday, May 2.  

For years, Tampa venture capitalist John Kirtley has been a largely behind-the-scenes figure in Florida's de facto school voucher program.

The website of Step Up for Students, Kirtley's scholarship-funding organization, discusses his role in helping set up Florida's system, which allows companies to offset the taxes they pay to the state by contributing to groups like Step Up for Students. That money is then used to help low-income students go to private schools.

The Florida Senate is having a facelift, waving goodbye to its 1970s look after spending $5 million in renovations this summer.