A space appropriation bill promoted by Sen. Bill Nelson may have Floridians thinking President Barack Obama's plan wasn't so bad after all.

Labor leaders Thursday called on Gov. Charlie Crist and the leadership of both houses to expand the focus of the special session to change state statutes so unemployed Floridians will be able to receive extended unemployment benefits.

Calling the purchase of U.S. Sugar Corporation's land an overpriced corporate bailout, tea partiers Wednesday urged the South Florida Water Management District to scrap the deal.

Tea partiers and a Republican political action committee say they will descend on South Florida Water Management District headquarters today to protest the agency's purchase of U.S. Sugar property for Everglades restoration.

With 30 state banks failing since 2007, and BP oil lapping at Gulf shores, the Florida Bankers Association is pleading for relief from Washington.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio floated the creation of a "Gulf Empowerment Zone" Monday while dismissing Gov. Charlie Crist's cleanup efforts as a "photo op."

"The economic impact of this spill is as big as the environmental impact," Rubio said during a teleconference in which he hammered both the Obama administration and Crist, his chief rival in this fall's U.S. Senate race.

If you're planning on dying anytime soon, tax advisers say it would be best to do it before Jan. 1.

The so-called "death tax" returns with a vengeance next year, bringing a 55 percent top tax rate on estates valued at more than $1 million.That compares to the current rate of 0 percent on estates up to $3.5 million.

Dusting off a site that hasn't been used in 11 years, Space Florida won approval to operate Space Launch Complex 46 for commercial liftoffs.

After business executives, deal-makers, politicians and academics had their say at the Florida Energy Summit last week, rank-and-file Floridians spoke out. Many weren't impressed.

While BP's oil gusher is an unmitigated disaster for the Gulf of Mexico, a Clean Energy Summit in Orlando warned Thursday that Florida has a power crisis in the making.