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

Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Adrian Wyllie will be showcasing his new running mate -- businessman Greg Roe, who has spent more than 30 years in the insurance industry -- at campaign stops in Largo on Wednesday and Clearwater on Thursday. Wyllie is spending August touring craft breweries across the Sunshine State.

International law and human rights professor William Schabas, a critic of Israeli leaders, has been named to lead a U.N. committee looking at the current conflict in Gaza. In recent years, Schabas has called for the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israeli leaders like Benjamin Netanyahu and Shimon Peres. The appointment drew the fire of U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, who called out the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for tapping Schabas.

The support for Blaise Ingoglia's campaign keeps on coming. Ingoglia's latest endorsement? The Associated Industries of FloridaPolitical Action Committee, which gave him the thumbs up in his bid for state representative in HD 35, whichcovers most of Hernando County. Ingoglia wasn't the only one to be endorsed by AIF at the end of July -- many others snagged its support as well, most of them being Republicans.

Moving to quickly end a special legislative session, the Florida Senate on Monday voted 25-12 to approve a new congressional map, according to the News Service of Florida. The move came after Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis last month ruled that a map approved in 2012 violated anti-gerrymandering requirements in the Florida Constitution. The Florida House continued to consider the revised map Monday afternoon.