After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton

Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, has sent a letter to Public Service Commission Chairman Art Graham criticising him for removing a link for public records requests from the PSC website, and asking him to put the link back up, noting that the PSC has been slow to fulfill public records requests in recent years.

Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio revealed on Friday that he has been named to four subcommittees resulting from his service on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee-- including the Subcommittee on Science and Space which handles NASA.

A bill that would reduce the maximum number of state unemployment compensation weeks from 26 to 20 breezed through the House Economic Affairs Committee Friday in a partisan vote. Rep. Doug Holder, R-Sarasota, who sponsored the bill and is vice chair of the committee, said his legislation was aimed at replenishing the unemployment compensation trust fund, which has been depleted in recent years due to the rising unemployment rate. "That trust fund has to be replenished so we have to make tough decisions," Holder said.

The venerable shuttle Discovery blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center Thursday, carrying six astronauts to the International Space Station. Beginning its final flight, the world's most traveled orbiter lifted off at 4:53 p.m. on a clear Florida afternoon. Discovery's historic final launch was viewed by hundreds of thousands of cheering spectators who jammed roads and highways up and down the Space Coast.?