The months-long battle between Florida and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over freshwater nutrient standards reached a turning point Monday.

Gov.-elect Rick Scott of Florida and Gov. Rick Perry of Texas have a few things in common.

With a little more than seven weeks until he takes office, Gov.-elect Rick Scott is getting involved in the fight over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's numeric nutrient standards set to take effect Sunday.

Citing heavy flak over her if-not-ballots-bullets remark shown on a YouTube video, Joyce Kaufman, the fiery conservative talk-show host picked to be Allen West's chief of staff, announced Thursday she will not be taking the job with the newly elected congressman.

With the 2010 election over, candidates for the Republican Party of Florida's chairmanship are already lining up to lead the Party to victory in 2012.

Of the 67 counties in Florida, one stands out with an unflattering moniker: Palm Beach 'Corruption' County.

Forget Palm Beach County's problems in the Supervisor of Elections' office. Now there's election trouble brewing in the school district of this, Florida's second largest county.

Three days after a stunning defeat for Democrats, National Public Radio's top political analyst told the politically minded in Palm Beach County not to think these changes will last forever.

In exactly two months, Rick Scott will be sworn in as the 45th governor of Florida. On Thursday, he announced the people who will help him make that transition and a plan for filling the other seats in state government.

After hours of anticipation, and a shrinking lead, Rick Scott announced that, however narrow the margin, he will be the winner of the gubernatorial contest.