Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hasn't lost her iron grip on the Democratic primary in Florida, flying high above party rivals in the Sunshine State, a new poll shows. 

Clinton leads a Qunnipiac poll of Florida Democrats released Thursday morning with 64 percent. Vice President Joe Biden, who has left the door open to another presidential bid, takes distant second with 9 percent. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who is finding a niche with liberal voters looking for an alternative to Clinton, takes third with 8 percent. 

Most Florida environmental groups  this special session made a lot of noise -- you heard them -- and spent a lot of money, but in the end, came away empty-handed and bitterly unhappy.

Not The Nature Conservancy.

The Conservancy (TNC), largest private conservation landowner in the world, including more than 60,000 acres in preserves from the Keys to the Florida Panhandle, walked its own path during both legislative sessions, never putting the U.S. Sugar Corp. option on its wish list.

 In January, McDonald's, leaning against the winds of fashion, said kale would never replace lettuce on its burgers. In May, however, it said it will test kale in a breakfast meal (breakfast is about 25 percent of McDonald's sales). Kale might or might not cause construction workers to turn at 6 a.m. into McDonald's drive-through lines, where approximately two-thirds of McDonald's customers place their orders.

The state's top environmental and law-enforcement agencies may remain under interim leadership for a little longer.

Cabinet aides for Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday their offices will review applicants for the environmental and law-enforcement jobs, but they expect Gov. Rick Scott to first offer a short list of candidates or to make recommendations.