What's that saying about leading a horse to water?

WASHINGTON -- A top official with the Newt Gingrich campaign said Thursday that the former House speaker would take a challenge over the allocation of Florida's delegates all the way to the GOP convention floor if circumstances demanded it.

Progress Energy already plans to stick its customers with a $670 million bill for the botched upgrade to the Crystal River nuclear plant.

MIAMI – State Rep. Daphne Campbell (D-Miami) filed House Bill 1195 to authorize Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs) to initiate involuntary examinations under the Baker Act.

WESTON - State Rep. Franklin Sands (D-Weston) has introduced a measure for the 2012 legislative session that would ban cell phone use within school zones in Florida.

Florida Secretary of Commerce Gray Swoope visited with Citrus County leaders on Wednesday to learn more about how the county is trying to put people back to work.

Citrus County will keep a lobbyist in Tallahassee, even when the Legislature is adjourned on March 9, 2012.

TALLAHASSEE -- Business owners who two years ago paid $8.40 per employee in unemployment taxes will see their bill go up to $172 starting Jan. 1 as the state continues to reel from a lingering recession, sluggish payroll growth and double digit unemployment.

NEW YORK — BB&T Corp. will acquire Florida lender BankAtlantic, the banking unit of holding company BankAtlantic Bancorp for about $301 million, continuing BB&T's push further into Florida.

TALLAHASSEE — To help secure a diversified and stable energy future for Florida, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) on Monday approved cost recovery amounts for construction of planned nuclear generating plants and additions to existing nuclear plants for Progress Energy Florida (PEF) and Florida Power & Light Company (FPL).