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

A new poll finds former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, fresh from his win in the South Carolina primary on Saturday, now leads the field of Republican presidential hopefuls in Florida.

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam will read to third-grade students at Kate Sullivan Elementary School in Tallahassee on Monday morning before heading to the Capitol to outline his energy plan to a Senate committee. Putnam, and other volunteer readers across Florida taking part in Celebrate Literacy Week, will read Healthy Florida Farm, a book written by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in which Florida farmers offer nutritious foods to schools, according to a release from the department.

An aerospace manufacturing company, Brunswick, Ga.-based ALM Technologies Inc., is relocating to Yulee in Nassau County, adding 30 new positions in the next three years, the governors office announced. We welcome ALM Technologies to Florida and look forward to its contributions to our aerospace and manufacturing sectors, which are vital to our states economic growth and job creation, Gov. Rick Scott stated in a release.

Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Jeffry R. Jontz, an attorney with Swann, Hadley, Stump, Dietrich and Spears, to the Statewide Nominating Commission. The commission reviews the conduct of existing compensation claims judges and submits names for the governor to appoint. According to a release from the governors office: Jontz, 67, of Winter Park, has been an attorney with Swann, Hadley, Stump, Dietrich and Spears PA since 2005.