Another in a series of profiles of candidates in Florida's 6th Congressional District.

Campaigning for the GOP nomination in Florida's 6th Congressional District, Ron DeSantis wants to take conservatism to a new level.

"Don't make government work like a business ... it's inherently inefficient. You need to be intent on reducing size, scope and influence of government," he says.

While that's not exactly a line one would expect from a Yale and Harvard Law graduate, the 33-year-old DeSantis isn't a conventional congressional candidate either.

Gov. Scott, I can think of half a dozen reasons why you should hear out Sen. Paula Dockery over the University of South Florida Polytechnic decision. But the one that should motivate you on a personal level? Gratitude.

Characterized over the past several years as a place from which people move, Southeast Florida has seen a new mini-boom in population growth following a decade of contraction, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.

Between 2010 and 2011, 92,045 residents moved to the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach area, a 1.7 percent increase. The region boasted the sixth largest increase in the country, according to data compiled by the Census Bureau in the first major revision to the 2010 Census.

Individual items in the $70 billion budget that can be shown to provide a good return on taxpayers money have an improved chance of avoiding Gov. Rick Scotts veto pen.

With projects ranging from $235 million for work on the Interstate-4/ Selmon Expressway, to $31 million for the Port of Miami tunnel to $98 million for public school work force education performance-based incentives in Glades County, Scott hasnt tipped his hand on individual line items.