SPECIAL REPORT
By Jon Bleyer
With fundraising totals for 2009 now having been reported, let's examine how the major candidates for statewide office fundraising efforts compare with their internet and social networking footprints entering 2010.
FEATURED STORIES
By Jeffrey S. Solochek and Ron Matus
The FCAT in Florida high schools might soon become a thing of the past.
By Alex Leary
State Rep. Ray Sansom accused a state prosecutor of misconduct Tuesday and asked that charges of misusing $6 million in taxpayer money be dismissed.
By Marc Caputo
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has jumped to a 10 percentage point lead over state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink in the race for governor, according to Quinnipiac University's latest Florida poll measuring issues of the day in the state.
By Aaron Deslatte
Florida's Republican primary for the U.S. Senate has rocketed from ho-hum to dead heat.
By William March
Gov. Charlie Crist expressed optimism today about the state budget and the state economy, and said he'll propose a corporate tax cut, targeted at small businesses, to help create jobs.
FLORIDA POLITICS
By Steve Bousquet
Related editorial: Crist should greet Obama
Obama event scheduled for University of Tampa
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Local residents give Obama mixed reviews
Tallahassee Democrat
President Obama 1 year later: Wary, weary, still waiting
Florida Times-Union
Many wonder if Obama can deliver on promises
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Crist may seek new talks on Fla. Indian gaming
Tampa Tribune
Fla. legislative leaders to meet the press
Tampa Tribune
POLITICAL RACES
By Lloyd Dunkelberger
Gov. Charlie Crist's once formidable lead in the U.S. Senate race has evaporated with the continued rise of former House Speaker Marco Rubio in the Republican primary, a new poll shows.
By George Bennett
Gov. Charlie Crist has the money. Former Florida House speaker Marco Rubio has the momentum.
By Janet Zink
It appears Republican Hunter Chamberlin and Democrat Janet Cruz were victorious in a special primary election Tuesday for the District 58 state House seat.
Editorial
The conservative anti-tax, anti-spending, anti-status quo "Tea Party" mood of so many voters looks likely to cause an upset in Florida almost as remarkable as the one last week in Massachusetts.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Nancy Rudner Lugo
It took years of work by FairDistrictsFlorida.org, the League of Women Voters, other organizations and individual citizens to gather the more than 1 million signatures necessary to get two constitutional amendments on the Nov. 2 ballot aimed at stopping the gerrymandering of political districts.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
By Erika Hobbs
It's the end of an era -- and the beginning of a new one - for Orange County public schools.
By Carol Marbin Miller
A Miami judge has approved the adoption of a foster child by a lesbian couple, bringing to three the number of adoptions by gay parents since 2008.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
Rock Mining: An economic asset, or environmental hazard?
WMNF Community Radio Tampa
Canal work begins in Everglades project
Miami Herald
During record cold, farmers used 1 billion gallons of water daily, causing 85 sinkholes
St. Petersburg Times
Cold contributes to mass die-off of manatees
Palm Beach Post
Governor proposes reviving land-buying fund in Florida environmental budget
Palm Beach Post
PSC questions FPL's choice of words after rate case
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Florida springs rally slated for Capitol for Feb. 16
FloridaEnvironments.com
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By John Kennedy
With Florida unemployment at a 36-year high, Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday called for scaling back the state's corporate income tax as a means of keeping cash in struggling companies.
By David Royse
The son of the late Gov. Lawton Chiles is criticizing Gov. Charlie Crist for a plan to dip into the state fund named for Chiles, and taking the opportunity to criticize Crist's budget more generally.
By John Frank
Alex Sink, the state's chief financial officer, reinforced her business acumen and title as the paper-clip-saving queen Tuesday as she announced the creation of "CFO Depot."
By Bart Jansen
Rep. Allen Boyd wants President Barack Obama to talk about fiscal responsibility, tax relief and small-business incentives to "repair our crumbling economy," when the president delivers his first State of the Union speech today.
By Bart Jansen
Rep. Jeff Miller wants to hear President Barack Obama propose better ideas for creating jobs and improving national security when the president delivers his first State of the Union speech Wednesday.
By Robert Block and Mark K. Matthews
NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon are dead. So are the rockets being designed to take them there -- that is, if President Barack Obama gets his way.
The Associated Press
The panel that invests state money including pension funds has approved a $50 million per case cap on legal fees paid to outside lawyers.
EDUCATION
By Ronnie Blair
Educators and state lawmakers gathered this week to talk about issues of concern to local school officials and parents such as graduation requirements, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test reform, teacher quality, technology, budgets, charter schools, career academies and virtual education.
Editorial
Florida's report card in an annual ranking of public schools looks pretty good -- No. 8 in the nation.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Carol Gentry
Americans who say they don't support the health reform bills pending in Congress change their minds when informed of the major provisions of the bills, according to an analysis of public attitudes by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
By Stacey Singer
As President Obama delivers his first State of the Union address tonight, the defining goal of his first year in office -- passing health care reform -- remains unfulfilled, while discontent boils over double-digit unemployment, a $1.3 trillion deficit and a crumbling sense of economic security.
By John Dorschner
The Haitian earthquake costs for South Florida's healthcare institutions keep piling up.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By Steve Bousquet and Lee Logan
A highly critical state report released Tuesday night finds Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Frank Peterman ran up $25,000 in questionable travel and should reimburse taxpayers for those expenses.
By Jon Burstein and Paula McMahon
Related: Toxic shock of Rothstein's fall felt across South Florida
Editorial
Orlando Sentinel
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