Two reports out in the past couple of weeks havent been kind to Floridas efforts to create a more business-friendly climate.

Florida landed in 24th place on Forbes' The Best States for Business.

Utah, Virginia, North Carolina, North Dakota and Colorado topped the Forbes list, while Mississippi, Michigan, Rhode Island, Hawaii and Maine were at the bottom end.

In a surreal scene, GOP candidate Herman Cain suspended his presidential bid outside his newly opened campaign headquarters in Atlanta on Saturday.

Scourging the media, Cain said he was exiting the "dirty game," but vowed to stay active through a new political site: CainSolutions.com.

"Plan A was the presidency. Now we're going to change things from the outside," he told a modest crowd of supporters.

The Florida Senate staff has released district descriptions for the proposed redrawn and two additional congressional lines.

The House is expected to release its draft of the district lines on Dec. 6.

District 1

Includes Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, and western Holmes County. The Legislature received several submissions that proposed a district with a similar orientation in the Panhandle.

District 2