FEATURED STORIES
The Associated Press
Related: Text of Obama's State of the Union address
Democratic lawmakers must soon decide whether President Barack Obama is leading them toward statesmanlike courage or political folly.
President Obama bringing $1.25 billion to Tampa for Florida high-speed rail
St. Petersburg Times
Crist: Budget outlook hopeful for state workers; legislative leaders skeptical
Tallahassee Democrat
Florida's GOP Senate rivals evade questions on records, policies
Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times Tallahassee Bureau
Howard Zinn, Historian, Dies at 87
New York Times
FLORIDA POLITICS
The Associated Press
Gov. Charlie Crist says it's possible he'll meet with President Barack Obama Thursday when both men are in Tampa.
By Jeremy Wallace
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is already opposing a measure to deregulate the state's insurance industry, fearing it could lead to major rate increases for homeowners.
By David Hunt
Despite increasing nationwide anger with incumbents and a leadership shuffle dividing the state Republican Party, Northeast Florida's underdog Democrats are losing voters to the GOP and remain virtually invisible in upcoming elections.
By Bill Rufty
Staff Sgt. Charles C. Dockery traveled Europe during his three years of Air Force duty there in the 1950s and discovered the joy and convenience of riding trains.
POLITICAL RACES
By William March
Related: McCollum's lead in poll doesn't concern Sink
Paula Dockery Overshadowed at Gubernatorial Forum
Lakeland Ledger
Candidates for governor discuss offshore drilling, health care
Ft. Myers News-Press
Crist, Rubio join candidates for governor in addressing the media
Tallahassee Democrat
Rubio Comes to St. Pete, Decries Federal Spending
WMNF Community Radio Tampa
BALLOT INITIATIVES
Editorial
The U.S. Supreme Court just gave much more control over elections to special interests. In November, voters in this state can shift some control over Florida elections back to the people.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
More than 1,000 local Haitians file for TPS
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Haitian Americans dissatisfied with Haiti's response to disaster
Miami Herald
In a poll that provides a unique -- and unprecedented -- glimpse of how Haitians living in the U.S. have been affected by their home country's devastating earthquake, a clear majority of Haitian Americans have lost faith in the Haitian government's ability to rebuild the shattered nation.
Editorial
The whole situation makes so much sense, you wonder why the courts had to get involved in the first place.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Bruce Ritchie
The three major candidates for governor on Wednesday largely rejected the idea of allowing drilling off Florida's Gulf coast during remarks at the 2010 Associated Press Legislative Planning Session at the Capitol.
By Bruce Ritchie
The three candidates for governor said today they support the Florida Forever program during remarks at the Capitol, but House Speaker Larry Cretul expressed reluctance toward resuming spending for land-buying.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Jim Saunders
As Florida politicians get ready for this year's legislative session and elections, they are focused on a well-worn message: It's the economy, stupid.
By Gary Fineout
Senate President Jeff Atwater, responding in part to a critical grand jury report that blasted how state legislators craft the annual state budget, said on Wednesday that within the next two weeks he will institute additional changes to the budget process for the 2010 session to make it more "transparent."
By Robert Block
Administration officials and a former astronaut on Wednesday called President Obama's plans for NASA "exciting" and "bold," saying he was replacing a failed moon program with a new $6 billion project to develop commercial rockets capable of taking astronauts into orbit.
By Tania Valdemoro
Standing atop a ruined tomato patch off Krome Avenue in Homestead, advocates for farmworkers on Wednesday called for federal relief to help thousands who are out of work, money and food in the aftermath of this month's cold snap.
EDUCATION
GOP Leaders in House and Senate Don't Expect to Increase School Funds
The Associated Press
By Richard Danielson
St. Petersburg Times
Editorial
Miami Herald
HEALTH AND SENIORS
Staff Report
Florida hospitals posted some of the strongest showings in a new national study of hospital quality compiled by a private company.
By Timothy R. Wolfrum
The two agencies locked in competition to oversee mental health and substance abuse services in central and southwest Florida have agreed to a compromise and will share $414 million in state funding.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By Jay Weaver and Amy Sherman
Scott Rothstein, the newly convicted Ponzi schemer who faces up to 100 years in prison, will strive to help authorities make cases against others who profited from his massive investment scam -- in hopes of shaving time off his sentence.
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