A Tampa Tea Party activist, with financial support from the Republican Party of Florida, is suing to remove four Florida TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party candidates from the ballot.

Don Hensarling alleged that the TEA political party appears to be an organized effort to confuse and mislead conservative voters and is not a part of the real Tea Party movement."

Wondering if independent Gov. Charlie Crist or former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate, is ahead in the battle for the U.S. Senate? Well, according to a poll released this morning by Rasmussen Reports, it depends on who prevails in the Democratic primary on Aug. 24.

Hours before the South Florida Water Management District was to consider a plan to purchase 26,800 acres of U.S. Sugar land, the Miccosukee Tribe went to U.S. District Court to block the deal.

The tribe filed a motion for a temporary injunction Tuesday to prevent the water district from violating the court's March 31 order to build the EAA A-1 Reservoir Project.

Citing comments from SFWMD Chairman Eric Buermann, the Miccosukees claim that the district will not be able to fund both the reservoir project and the proposed $197 million land purchase.