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

Gov. Rick Scott has called for Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Universitys board of trustees to suspend President James Ammons. A release from the governors office states: After returning from a trade mission to Israel today, Governor Scott was briefed by members of his senior staff regarding the latest developments in the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) investigations. Governor Scott has since had a conversation with FAMU board of trustees Chairman Solomon Badger regarding the boards meeting next Monday, Dec. 19.

Associated Industries of Florida, one of the chief representatives for business in Tallahassee, unveiled its new president and CEO on Thursday -- former U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney. Feeney, who takes over from Barney Bishop, will start at AIF on Jan. 1.

From his perches on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the International Freedom Caucus and as co-chairman of the House Hellenic Caucus, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis issued a statement on Thursday after the House unanimously passed a measure urging Turkey to respect Christian sites and return confiscated church property.

How far has Texas Gov. Rick Perry fallen in the Republican presidential race? A Suffolk University/7NEWS (WHDH TV) poll of likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters released late on Wednesday found that Perry was running dead last in ninth place with 1 percent.