Florida parents won't need to pay sales tax on notebooks, pencils and other school supplies for three days this August.

Gov. Charlie Crist signed into law today a bill re-instating the School Sales Tax Holiday, a priority of the Florida Retail Federation, one of the state's largest business advocacy groups. The tax holiday, which will lasts Aug. 13-15, exempts from the state sales tax purchases of school supplies costing less than $10 and books, clothing and shoes costing less than $50.

William G. Doc Myers, one of the Florida Legislatures giants during the last two decades of the 20th Century a staunch conservative who helped change the color of power in Tallahassee from blue to red died Tuesday. He was 79.

Doc, who lived and practiced medicine in Hobe Sound, was more than my representative and later my senator. He was my doctor and a family friend.

The state just got a little smaller for convicted sexual offenders released from jail.

Gov. Charlie Crist just signed into law a measure that punishes convicted sex offenders for loitering within 300 feet of where children gather or for steppping foot in a pre-school or school without prior notification or permission. The law also prohibits offenders from soliciting sex from a child in a public park or communicating to them about it there.

Predators arrested for any of those activities now face as much as a year in jail.

Jeff Greenes Senate campaign launched two new television ads today.These ads continue to introduce Jeff to voters and build off the tremendous momentum our campaign is generating on the ground as Jeff meets voters across the state, said Greene campaign spokesman Paul Blank.