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

In a rare display of bipartisanship, the White House and Congress applauded each other for enactment of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act. "The STOCK Act makes it clear that if members of Congress use nonpublic information to gain an unfair advantage in the market, then they are breaking the law," President Obama said today. "It creates new disclosure requirements and new measures of accountability and transparency for thousands of federal employees.

Former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, now running in the Republican primary to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, announced Wednesday that he has won the endorsements of state Sen. Evelyn Lynn, R-Ormond Beach, and four Republican state representatives -- Larry Ahern of Seminole, Jim Boyd of Bradenton, Steve Crisafulli of Merritt Island and Erik Fresen of Miami. The latest endorsements mean LeMieux has the backing of 31 of the almost 110 Republicans in the Florida Legislature.

Gov. Rick Scott maintained his stance Wednesday that the investigation into the Feb. 26 death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford should be completed before a task force gets underway to determine if changes are needed to the states Stand Your Ground law or any other public safety laws.

After sweeping primaries in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Wisconsin on Tuesday night, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney ignored his GOP primary rivals to attack President Barack Obama.