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

Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll will attend a pair of town hall-style meetings at the Mayport Naval Station in Jacksonville today with Holly Petraeus, the assistant director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and wife of CIA Director David Petraeus. The meetings, at 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., are part of Carrolls effort to see that military families receive strong financial education, the lieutenant governor's office stated in a release.

A new poll from Bloomberg News found that its a dead heat in Iowa with four Republican presidential candidates jammed at the top to lead in the first caucus.

Sinking in the polls at the national level and in Iowa, where she has pinned much of her presidential hopes, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota went on the attack on Tuesday. Bachmann released a new Web video which attacks the conservative credentials of the leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination: Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney. Bachmann also unveiled a new website on Tuesday which highlights her record and contrasts it with her primary rivals.

On Monday the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee unanimously confirmed, without comment, the following appointmentsand lengths of service: Board of Accountancy:David L. Dennis of Longwood, to Oct. 31, 2014; Martin G. Fennema of Tallahassee, to Oct. 31, 2014. Barbers Board: Andrew J. Raines of Pensacola, to Oct. 31, 2013. Florida Citrus Commission: J.A. Clark III of Wauchula, to May 31, 2014; Vernon C. Hollingsworth of Arcadia, to May 31, 2014; James S. Horrisberger of Lakeland, to May 31, 2014; G. Ellis Hunt Jr. of Babson Park, to May 31, 2014.