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

A tea party group denounced a federal court injunction blocking Florida's drug testing of welfare recipients and called on Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi to contest the ruling. "Federal law explicitly says that a state shall not be prohibited from testing welfare recipients for controlled substances," said Jesse Phillips, the Tea Party Network's point person on judicial reform.

U.S. Rep. Sandy Adams, R-Orlando, grilled Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on revelations that the administration is releasing criminal illegal aliens into the U.S. population and taking no action against countries that refuse their deportation. Isnt it true that if [illegal immigrants] are in a deportation status and their home country will not accept them, that you release them back into the communities? Adams asked Napolitano during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.

Of all the unlikely "industries" to jump on the green bandwagon, wouldn't it just be NASCAR -- where 5 miles per gallon is considered conservative fuel consumption. The sport's managing director of the three-year-old, "wildly successful" program called NASCAR Green Innovation, Michael Lynch, wason handThursdayto addressthe Florida Energy Summit in Orlando. His story is all about "American ethanol" -- corn, mainly. This year, for example, all 43 cars in the Daytona 500 were running on that biofuel --known asE15. And some 30 million viewers tuned in to watch the race.

A report from the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform claims Florida could save up to $3.2 billion and create up to 162,000 jobs simply by improving its legal environment.