Gov. Rick Scott presented one of the first Great Floridian awards of the year to football legend Tim Tebow on Friday in a ceremony at the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse near Jacksonville.

Tebow, 25, was honored hours prior to the start of his third-annual Tim Tebow Foundation Celebrity Gala and Golf Classic. The gala is Friday night, the golf classic will be at the TPC Sawgrass Players Stadium Course on Saturday morning.

Some very motivated cyclists have pedaled hundreds of miles across Florida this week to try to get lawmakers' and fellow Floridians' attention about traffic safety.

When they finally finished their trek from Central Florida to the state Capitol Friday, they remembered loved ones killed in traffic crashes and urged Floridians to take some easy steps to make everyone safer on the road.

This was the third annual "Survive the Drive" bicycle tour.

Connie Russell remembered her son Matthew, a senior at Florida State University, who was killed by a drunk driver.

Members of the Florida House Thursday combed through their proposed budget for the coming year, finishing with a plan to pass the $74 billion spending plan on Friday.

The Senate has already passed its version, a $74.3 billion budget that boosts K-12 funding by $1.2 billion and includes $480 million for teacher raises.

Senators passed their plan on a 40-0 vote -- a unanimous show of support that they hope will help in negotiations with the House.

In response to bipartisan legislation approved overwhelmingly in 2010, Florida PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) Funding Agency has made some $500 million in financing available to businesses and homeowners for shoring up buildings against storms and making other energy-related improvements.

But to take advantage, those businesses and homeowners have to live in cities and counties that choose to participate.