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

The Florida Public Service Commission reached a settlement with Florida Power & Light to increase its rates $75.5 million but freezing its base rates for the next two years.

CBS' "60 Minutes" talked to incoming House Speaker John Boehner about the tea party movement and pounced on him for "voting for almost every spending increase (George W.) Bush asked for." Reporter Leslie Stahl, citing a letter written to Boehner by Punta Gorda tea party activist Robin Stublen, closely questioned the Ohio Republican on the GOP's commitment to fiscal restraint, and Boehner admitted: "We lost our way." Stublen & Co. still aren't convinced that establishment Republicans on Capitol Hill have seen the light.

In a Tuesday editorial under the headline "Killing high-speed rail shows fiscal restraint," the Green Bay Press-Gazette praised Wisconsin Gov.-elect Scott Walker for keeping his campaign promise to hold the line on spending, even though it means losing $810 million in federal funds to build a new rail line from Madison to Milwaukee.

On Monday, House Democratic Leader Ron Saunders of Key West and Democratic Whip Evan Jenne of Fort Lauderdale named four deputy whips to oversee their caucus. The Democratic leadership named Rep. Janet Cruz of Tampa, Rep. Mark Pafford of West Palm Beach, Rep. Hazelle Rogers of Lauderhill and Rep. Alan Williams of Tallahassee as deputy whips.