Steve Miller: An FCIR analysis of state data shows that 25 companies awarded millions in Florida economic incentives receive millions more in state contractor payments.

Ashley Lopez: Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill into law today that would create some transparency in the state’s controversial economic incentives program.

Alan Suderman: In Florida, it’s virtually impossible to track how much was spent by outside groups trying to hurt or help a particular candidate.

Ashley Lopez: Hertz, one of the nation’s largest rental car companies, announced this week that it is moving its headquarters from New Jersey to Southwest Florida. The Fortune 500 company committed to the move after officials with the state and Lee County offered $19 million in economic incentives.

Ashley Lopez: Gov. Rick Scott signed bills into law that will reform some of the state’s campaign finance laws and enact new ethics rules for public officials in the state.

Ashley Lopez: Will the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing come to the Sunshine State?

Ashley Lopez: The Florida Senate isn’t going along with a House proposal to raise the contribution limit to individual candidates from $500 to $5,000.

Ashley Lopez: An ethics law expert says a provision in the Florida Senate’s ethics reform bill would allow a state lawmaker to shield conflicts of interest from public disclosure.

Steve Miller: U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, a Republican from Panama City, gave $26,000 in taxpayer money for bonuses to 16 of his staffers as he told the Panama City newspaper that the federal government is “spending money we don’t have.”

Ashley Lopez: An inspector general report found that the process for doling out millions of taxpayer dollars to private companies hasn’t changed much since Florida handed $20 million to Digital Domain — a movie graphics company in Port St. Lucie that filed for bankruptcy and laid off its entire staff.