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

With the Supreme Court upholding most of the federal health-care law on Thursday, Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), insisted that the only option left to repeal the law was by throwing President Barack Obama out in November. "Today's Supreme Court decision sets the stakes for the November election, Priebus said in a statement released less than an hour after the decision was released. Now, the only way to save the country from ObamaCare's budget-busting government takeover of health care is to elect a new president.

Florida Medical Association President Miguel A. Machado, immediately expressed concern the act will weaken Medicare. The Florida Medical Association (FMA) believes that health care system in our country should be focused on the needs of individual patients, Machado stated in a release. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, including the individual mandates, which the majority of justices declared Congress could impose as a tax. Chief Justice John Roberts, nominated by former President George W. Bush, sided with the majority.

Even as gas prices continue to drop across Florida, Republican Senate hopeful U.S. Rep. Connie Mack continues to hammer the Democrat incumbent -- U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson -- for opposing the Keystone XL Pipeline. Macks latest salvo against Nelson came late Wednesday when the congressman released a statement attacking the senator over the pipeline.

"Pill Street Blues," the name of a yearlong, multi-agency investigation resulted in the closing of a statewide ring of pill mills, the attorney generals office and other state agencies announced Wednesday at the Indian River County sheriffs office. Attorney General Pam Bondi compared the ring to a modern-day drug cartel on her Facebook page.