Gov. Rick Scott wants Floridas congressional delegation to dig deeper into a growing scandal involving the manipulation of important benchmark interest rates, which he says could reach beyond Barclays Capital and impact Florida businesses and residents.

He also wants the U.S. representatives and senators to address allegations that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2008, when under the direction of President Obamas Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, may have been advised of problems with the reporting of the London interbank offered rate Libor.

A storm is brewing over the credibility of Citizens Property Insurance's board of directors. Some directors are expected to seek a rate hike that exceeds the 10 percent cap set by the Legislature.

During a workshop at the luxurious J.W. Marriott in downtown Miami on Monday, board members agreed to consider rates later this month that may top the cap, instead of first getting approval from state legislators. The approval process would require waiting until the 2013 regular session.

Gov. Rick Scott laid out a challenge to state supervisors of elections to restart his effort to find noncitizens from among the lists of registered voters now that the federal government will make a long-sought database available to Florida.

The supervisors, busy Monday with the final day of registration for the Aug. 14 election, said they will address the review on Tuesday.

Three state Supreme Court justices whom critics have deemed judicial activists have amassed nearly $1 million to assure their retention in November.

With unprecedented contributions rolling in for a judicial contest of any kind in Florida, the three justices up for retention collectively picked up $455,310 -- the bulk from attorneys and law firms -- during the second quarter of the year. The combined number for Supreme Court justices R. Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince almost equaled their first-quarter totals.

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad joined Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday in reaffirming Scott's stance that Florida wont assist in the federal governments expansion of Medicaid through Obamacare.

The governors from key presidential swing states, appearing on Fox News Sunday with Brit Hume, said that because of the anticipated fiscal impacts -- in addition to the belief that the law is illegal -- they remain ready to reject Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act allowed through the flexible opt-out provision set by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll is telling supporters she is preparing to fight allegations from a fired underling facing felony charges.

Carroll has started to respond to emails this week from individuals offering her encouragement after AP reported Tuesday that court documents filed by attorneys for former aide Carletha Cole included a comment that she had caught her boss in a compromising position with another female staffer.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has landed on Politicos list of 50 To Watch, topping a category called State pols on the verge of national prominence.

Now, not yet midway through her first term as the Sunshine States chief law enforcement officer, the 46-year-old Bondi has become one of the most prominent national voices in the fight against President Barack Obamas health care law, Politico reported.

Florida TaxWatch has formally backed the state effort to require public workers to chip into their taxpayer-supported pension as that case goes before the state Supreme Court.

The Tallahassee-based fiscal watchdog group has filed an amicus brief that joins the effort by Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater in seeking to overturn a circuit court judges ruling that the 2011 requirement was unconstitutional.

Senate leadership is reviewing requests by Democrats to delve into the growing political spud that sprouted from the closing of A.G. Holley in Lantana, the states only tuberculosis hospital.

Senate Minority Leader Nan Rich, D-Weston, who is campaigning to challenge Gov. Rick Scott in 2014, on Thursday called for the Senate to look into the closing and the release of information regarding a separate tuberculosis outbreak in the Jacksonville area.

Florida voters should get a good idea of which candidates have well-tuned advisers this week.

The first bulk mailing of absentee or vote-by-mail ballots for the Aug. 14 primary and local nonpartisan elections is being sent out by Floridas 67 county supervisors of elections for the first contest since the state Legislature redrew U.S. House and legislative boundary lines.