FEATURED STORIES
Fight for heart of GOP may move to Florida
By Beth Reinhard
Miami Herald
After Tuesday's elections, Florida looms as the next front in a war between moderates and conservatives that's dividing a Republican Party trying to surge toward the 2010 election.
Fla. Gov. Crist denies endorsing stimulus bill
The Associated Press
Miami Herald
Gov. Charlie Crist is saying he did not endorse the $787 billion federal stimulus bill, a statement that might confuse some voters.
Fake Twitter account used to attack GOP critic
By Adam C. Smith
St. Petersburg Times
A fake Twitter account aimed at discrediting a prominent critic of state GOP leaders has been linked back to a senior official at the Republican Party of Florida.
FL House to Senators: Vote ''no'
By Gary Fineout and Christine Jordan Sexton
Health News Florida
Republicans in the Florida House, citing concerns that Medicaid costs are "unsustainable," will ask the state's two U.S senators to vote against health reform legislation pending in Congress.
Young voters who helped elect Obama stayed home
The Associated Press
Tampa Tribune
Last year, 23-year-old Rashida Hill watched the presidential debates, visited the college political party meetings and put a Barack Obama bumper sticker on her townhouse door.
FLORIDA POLITICS
Attorney general candidate calls for new rules to fight corruption
By Steve Bousquet
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
State Sen. Dan Gelber, a candidate for attorney general, called on Florida's elected state attorneys Wednesday to help him pass a series of anticorruption measures in the 2010 legislative session.
Gov. Charlie Crist says accusations against major Fort Lauderale fund-raiser won't affect him
By Michael C. Bender
Palm Beach Post
Republican Gov. Charlie Crist attempted Wednesday to distance himself from a Fort Lauderdale attorney accused of raiding and swindling his way to what could be a $500 million payday.
Crist calls for tougher anti-corruption laws
By Josh Hafenbrack
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Gov. Charlie Crist called for the Legislature to stiffen anti-corruption laws Wednesday at a gathering of state prosecutors, even as the governor sought to distance himself from disgraced Broward lawyer and fundraiser Scott Rothstein.
Legislators consider how to revamp PSC rules
By Mary Ellen Klas
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Consensus is building in the Florida Legislature to make the Public Service Commission operate more like judges by banning commissioners and their staffers from communicating directly with the utilities they regulate.
Fate of Ray Sansom probe on agenda
By Alex Leary
Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times Tallahassee Bureau
Related AP story: Fla. House panel asked to delay Sansom ethics case
On Nov. 5, 2008, Ray Sansom pulled up a chair before a swarm of reporters and effectively began his term as speaker of the Florida House, exulting in Republican success at the polls the night before and staring down a $2 billion budget deficit.
How the St. Petersburg mayor's race was won
By Cristina Silva
St. Petersburg Times
Poll after poll showed Bill Foster losing to Kathleen Ford.
Competition good for Republicans
Editorial
Tampa Tribune
State Sen. Paula Dockery's decision to challenge Attorney General Bill McCollum for the GOP gubernatorial nomination may upset the party's elders, but the competition will be good for the Republican rank and file.
2010 RACES
Dockery run for governor highlights rift in the GOP
By Bill Rufty
Lakeland Ledger
State Sen. Paula Dockery's entrance into the race for governor this week -- starting late and without the blessing of the Republican Party leadership -- further reflects a split in the state party.
Senate Republican committee: No campaign money for Crist
By Michael C. Bender
Palm Beach Post
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who recruited Gov. Charlie Crist to run for Florida's open Senate seat next year, said today that the National Senatorial Campaign Committee will not put money into the primary Republican battle with former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio.
Crist, Rubio expected for local Republicans' big night
By Nathan Crabbe
Gainesville Sun
Alachua County Republicans will have a front-row seat Thursday night at the fight for the future of their party.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
For gay voters, a national disappointment (Maine), local triumphs (Steve Kornell)
By David Warner
Creative Loafing Tampa
The vote to preserve marriage equality came up short in Maine, but great strides were made in local elections -- including St. Petersburg's City Council race.
NRA: Don't let adoption agencies ask about guns in homes
By Marc Caputo
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
The Nation Rifle Association is pushing legislation to ban adoption agencies from asking potential parents if they have guns and ammunition in the home.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
House members vent against EPA water standards
By Bruce Ritchie
FloridaEnvironments.com
Members of a Florida House panel complained today about the potential cost of water quality standards that could be proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in January, agreeing with industry representatives who said businesses and households will be affected.
Statewide python hunt yields only 39 snakes
By Paul Quinlan
Palm Beach Post
The python posses, ordered into the Everglades on a mission to kill the giant, invasive constrictors, have finished hunting - for now.
Ten weeks, and counting
Editorial
Pensacola News Journal
There was more bad news for proponents of offshore drilling near the Florida coast this weekend.
LeMieux's time to act
Editorial
Orlando Sentinel
Warnings about how climate change could threaten the security of the U.S. and nations throughout the world will be sounded today at a conference at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
Federal prosecutors announce mortgage fraud surge
By Amy L. Edwards
Orlando Sentinel
In response to an "epidemic" amount of mortgage fraud in Florida, federal agents and prosecutors have spent the last nine months building cases against realtors, brokers and other industry professionals.
Alexander Pushes for Sunrail Amid Opposition
By Keith Laing and John Kennedy
Lakeland Ledger
Senate budget chief J.D. Alexander breathed life Wednesday into prospects of a December special session that could get commuter rail on track in Central Florida, but discussion in his committee showed opposition likely continues.
State managers: I could swear those 17,900 state-owned buildings were here somewhere
By Dara Kam
Palm Beach Post
Nearly 10 months after they were ordered to create an inventory of all state-owned properties, state officials are unable to identify how many buildings the state owns and where they are.
EDUCATION
Consortium seeks answers to Florida's education needs
By Elizabeth M. Mack
Tallahassee Democrat
During the summer the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations conducted a survey on what county school board members felt were problems areas in Florida education.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
Budget Monitor Says G.O.P. Bill Leaves Many Uninsured
By David M. Herszenhorn
New York Times
Related: Abortion Deal in Health Bill Sets Off Haggling in Congress
The Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday that an alternative health care bill put forward by House Republicans would have little impact in extending health benefits to the roughly 30 million uninsured Americans, but would reduce average insurance premium costs for people who have coverage.
Boyd to host Tallahassee community forum on health care
Staff Report
Tallahassee Democrat
On Thursday, Nov. 12, U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd of Monticello will hold a community forum at the Christian Heritage Church in Tallahassee, 2820 Sharer Road, to discuss with the public the most recent developments in the national health-care debate and other issues being debated in Congress.
Republicans rush to the ER
Editorial
Palm Beach Post
With debate set to start as early as Friday, House Republicans on Tuesday finally released a draft of what they call a health care reform bill. In fact, it's more a list of ideas.
Preserving abortion coverage
Editorial
St. Petersburg Times
The debate over health care reform has hit a predictable bump in the road: abortion.
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