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

The Senate is looking to extend the regular session to complete the $70 billion budget if the House proposed cuts to higher education are approved. With budget talks stalled between the House and Senate, senators told President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, on Tuesday that they continue to support him if the Legislature should return after the session ends March 9. What is more important is we do it right, said Sen. Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando,

While he has stumbled in February with a series of losses and is facing a close battle to win Michigan on Tuesday, most voters continue to think that Mitt Romney will emerge with the Republican nomination, according to a poll released by Rasmussen Reports on Tuesday. In the national poll of likelyvoters, 54 percent of those surveyed think that Romney will go on to win the nomination. Rick Santorum is the second choice, with 24 percent thinking he willbe the GOP nominee.

U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter of Michigan, who waged a brief campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, weighed in on the current contest -- spearheading a last-minute push for Mitt Romney, who is battling Rick Santorum in what is expected to be a close Michigan primary on Tuesday.

Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz will be the keynote speaker at the annual fundraising banquet of a Muslim group with some controversial connections. EMERGE USA -- which is aligned with the Florida-based Center for Voter Advocacy -- is headed by Khurrum Wahid, a South Florida attorney. According to the Florida Bar, Wahid has defended individuals charged with allegedly committing or conspiring to commit acts of terrorism.