FEATURED STORIES
By Jim Ash
Related: Analysis: Losing hometown straw poll hurts Crist
Rubio becoming star on tea-party circuit
Miami Herald
By Bill Cotterell
Tallahassee Democrat
McCollum, Sink split on cap for lawyer fees in suits
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Sen. Gaetz: FL will resist feds
Health News Florida
FLORIDA POLITICS
By Gary Fineout
The Republican Party of Florida late Monday night posted its haul for the fourth quarter of 2009 and the $4.28 million included the names of many familiar donors, including a $500,000 contribution from The Villages, $150,000 from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, $210,000 from Progress Energy, as well as a $250,000 check from Rooney Holdings.
By Ted Jackovics
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said this morning he expects the Obama Administration to approve Florida's request for high speed rail stimulus funds to create a Tampa-to-Orlando route by 2014 that could create thousands of jobs.
Editorial
The same day he helped to deliver one of the biggest consumer wins in years before the Public Service Commission, the state's chief consumer advocate for utility customers was warned he might soon be out of a job.
POLITICAL RACES
By Steve Bousquet
Democrats on Tuesday rounded out their 2010 statewide ticket by fielding a candidate for chief financial officer: Loranne Ausley, a Tallahassee lawyer and former legislator.
By Jim Ash
Fellow Cabinet members by morning, rivals at afternoon press conferences, Attorney General Bill McCollum and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink spent Tuesday juggling their day jobs and their quest to be Florida's next governor.
By William March
On a Saturday night in January 2008, several hundred Pinellas County Republican Party members turned out for a political fundraising dinner featuring two of the nation's most popular Republicans, presidential candidate John McCain and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.
By Geoff Fox
Will Weatherford, widely presumed to be the next speaker of the state House of Representatives, faces competition for the seat he hopes to retain in November.
By Catherine Whittenburg
An attorney from Valrico is challenging state Sen. Ronda Storms in the Republican primary contest for her District 10 seat.
By Jim Turner
Former State Rep. Gayle Harrell, pulled in more money than Rep. Adam Fetterman, D-Port St. Lucie, during the final quarter of 2009, according to campaign finance records.
Staff Report
Jimmy Patronis, R - Panama City, has been tapped to be the co-vice chairman of a new task force focused on getting state Republicans elected to the House in 2010.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Scott Maxwell
Like cats and dogs, Florida politicians from opposing parties rarely play nicely.
By Mark Woods
To say that a map of Florida's congressional districts looks like a jigsaw puzzle isn't fair to jigsaw puzzles everywhere.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By George Neugent
Let me start by saying that I'm not trying to take a Chicken Little approach by saying the sky is falling.
By Mary Ellen Klas
The Public Service Commission did Monday what many consumer groups and industry watchers never expected -- it voted down a rate increase for one of the state's largest utility companies, Progress Energy.
By Dara Kam
If a decision by state utility regulators in another rate-hike case this week is any indication, Florida Power & Light could get bad news today regarding its request for a $1.2 billion-a-year increase in its electricity rates.
By Dinah Voyles Pulver
Hundreds more endangered green sea turtles were plucked from the frigid waters of the Indian River Lagoon on Tuesday and delivered to temporary turtle hospitals statewide during what could be the largest turtle rescue in history.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Jim Saunders
With Florida continuing to face major budget problems, Sen. Evelyn Lynn, R-Ormond Beach, and a coalition of groups renewed efforts Tuesday to boost tax collections on items purchased over the Internet.
By Todd Halvorson
President Barack Obama will direct NASA to extend space station operations through 2020 and strive to rally global partners with a call to send astronauts on international expeditions throughout the inner solar system.
By George Diaz
Orlando did not make the first cut of cities included in the United States bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022.
Editorial
Little more than a year after taxpayers were forced to rescue Wall Street, the people responsible for its collapse are getting ready to receive a huge round of bonuses.
Editorial
Bring on the jobs summit.
EDUCATION
By Akilah Johnson
The Broward County school district on Tuesday forfeited its chance to get $34 million, voting not to be part of the state's application for a federal education grant.
By Dave Weber
Despite a last-minute plea from Gov. Charlie Crist, the Seminole County School Board Tuesday said it will not take part in the federal Race to the Top education-reform program.
By Brandon Larrabee
Northeast Florida lawmakers are offering measures that would change the course mixture for students at public schools - and how those schools are graded - in the legislative session this spring.
By Nathan Crabbe
The University of Florida's faculty union has agreed to a new contract, after years of negotiations and recent weeks in which a last-ditch deal threatened to fall apart.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Sean Kinane
This morning, Florida's senior Senator, Democrat Bill Nelson, predicted that the House and Senate will be able to combine their versions of the major health care reform bill and that it will be signed by President Barack Obama in the next few weeks.
The Associated Press
Several mothers are testifying in a class action lawsuit this week that Florida doesn't give their children access to quality health care.
By Bill Kaczor
Florida's new prescription tracking law doesn't say what should happen if a pain clinic fails an inspection and gives the state's "drug czar" an added job raising funds to help pay for the program, state officials told lawmakers Tuesday.
By Matt Dixon
Under an agreement announced Monday, insurance companies will cover routine medical care for cancer patients involved in clinical trials.
The Associated Press
Gov. Charlie Crist says Floridians shouldn't be like him - they should get their flu vaccinations.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
The Associated Press
Attorney General Bill McCollum has taken his campaign to put a $50 million cap on fees paid to outside lawyers who work for the state to the State Board of Administration.
Staff Report
Gov. Charlie Crist appointed Lee Ann Schreiber of Fort Myers as a 20th Judicial Circuit Court judge on Tuesday.
No comments:
Post a Comment