FEATURED STORIES
High-stakes coup forming against RPOF chair Jim Greer
By Adam C. Smith
St. Petersburg Times
A bitter battle is heating up to oust state GOP chairman Jim Greer, with leading Florida Republicans accusing him of serious financial mismanagement that could jeopardize Republican campaigns in 2010.
McCollum, Sink trade shots over banking ties
By Beth Reinhard
Miami Herald
Picking up a line of attack begun months ago by the Florida Republican Party, gubernatorial hopeful Bill McCollum is accusing his Democratic rival, Alex Sink, of using ``deceptive loan practices'' while she was a top banker.
Open-records allegations taint Charlie Crist's high-speed rail bill-signings
By Steve Bousquet and Janet Zink
Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times Tallahassee Bureau
The fallout from the use of ``pancake'' and ``French toast'' in state e-mails continued to simmer Wednesday, clouding Gov. Charlie Crist's celebratory four-city tour promoting sweeping new rail legislation.
State Farm, state cut deal: 14.8 percent rate hike, 125,000 cancellations
By Paul Flemming
Tallahassee Democrat
State Farm Florida, the state's largest private insurer, will continue insuring property in the state after cutting a deal with regulators that grants a 14.8 percent rate hike and the cancellation of 125,000 policies.
FLORIDA POLITICS
Voting-machine firm merger investigated
By Marc Caputo
Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times Tallahassee Bureau
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is conducting an anti-trust investigation of a voting-machine company merger that would create a near-monopoly over the levers of democracy in Florida and much of the United States.
Ethics Commission could use more bite
By Bill Cotterell
Tallahassee Democrat
New York's Prohibition-era mayor, Jimmy Walker, once said a reformer is a guy who rides through the sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
Got a question for Gov. Charlie Crist? Here's your chance
Staff Report
Miami Herald
Are you concerned about rising insurance rates? The state of public education education? Florida's high unemployment rate?
2010 RACES
McCollum's goals if elected Fla. gov look familiar
The Associated Press
Gainesville Sun
Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum has a to-do list if elected governor that looks a lot like the one Gov. Charlie Crist had in 2006: education, lawsuit limits, property insurance and property taxes.
In governor's race, Sink trims McCollum's lead
By David Hunt
Florida Times-Union
Democrat Alex Sink appears to have trimmed down Republican Bill McCollum's lead in the polls as the two campaign to be Florida's next governor.
Forces of Political Nature to Wipeout Florida's Executive Branch
By Caroline Cziesla
WMNF Community Radio Tampa
The whirlwind began last August when Florida Senator Mel Martinez resigned from his Senate position before his term expired.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
Change, after Amend. 4 passes
By John H. Rogers Jr.
Orlando Sentinel
Mary Hurley's recent My Word, "Why I'll vote no on Amend. 4," brought tears to my eyes and enlightened my mind with her impassioned defense of all that is good, right and constitutional about rejecting Amendment 4.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
Environmentalists Fight Effort To Allow Oil Drilling Closer To Florida's Coastline (audio story)
By Robert Lorei
WMNF Community Radio Tampa
There's a move by a group in Tallahassee to get the legislature to allow oil and gas drilling in state waters, 3-10 miles off Florida's coast
Groups threaten suit over panther habitat
By Bruce Ritchie
FloridaEnvironments.com
Two environmental groups served notice today that they plan to sue federal officials for failing to take steps to protect the Florida panther.
Billboards to fight pythons
By David Fleshler
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Like bank robbers, drug traffickers and other public enemies, the Burmese python, Nile monitor and sailfin catfish will appear on posters throughout the state as part of a campaign against the release of non-native animals in the wild.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
Crist approves millions more dollars for Tri-Rail
By Josh Hafenbrack
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday signed a transportation bill that will provide new funding to Tri-Rail, South Florida's cash-trapped commuter train, and boost billion-dollar rail projects in the Central Florida region.
State pension fund needs more oversight
By Alex Sink
St. Petersburg Times
Like many of you, I love watching sports -- football, basketball, you name it.
No more financial meltdowns
Editorial
Miami Herald
President Obama put the bully pulpit to good use on Monday by scolding bankers for fighting consumer protection legislation and failing to explore ``every reasonable way'' to increase lending.
EDUCATION
Analysts: It's a Year for Holiday Saving, Not Spending
By Gina Presson
Public News Service Florida
It won't wear out, get lost or broken; it doesn't require batteries; and kids can't outgrow it.
Merit pay move a state grab of local school power
Editorial
Daytona Beach News-Journal
What makes a good teacher? And how should schools reward those teachers who inspire their students to learn and grow?
A reason to hope for better schools
Editorial
St. Petersburg Times
They are two of the clearest reasons to be both discouraged and hopeful about public education in Tampa Bay.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
Senators agree? Glory be!
By Carol Gentry
Health News Florida
Florida's two senators, Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican George LeMieux, don't agree on much when it comes to health reform.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
Prosecutor hints that plea deal is possible in Rothstein case
By Amy Sherman and Jay Weaver
Miami Herald
A guilty plea from alleged Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein is ``possible,'' a prosecutor told a judge Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale federal court.
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