FEATURED STORIES
The Associated Press
Republican Gov. Charlie Crist said today that the state GOP should release records of credit cards used by party leaders amid complaints of lavish spending, but Attorney General Bill McCollum, who wants Crist's job, said that's party -- not public -- business.
By Adam C. Smith
Related editorial: Come clean, state GOP
Florida GOP money transfers raise questions
Miami Herald
Portrait of a Tepid Tea Partier
Newsweek
A year later, 'The Hug' returns to spotlight in Florida Senate battle
CNN
FLORIDA POLITICS
By Bill Cotterell
Related editorial: Just do it
Lawmakers pulled nearly $1 million from Republican Party of Florida
Orlando Sentinel
Legal questions swirl around Cannon fundraising account
The Fine Print
Republican Party of Florida assistant treasurer says he's not resigning
TC Palm
Sink takes on state's top financial regulator at contentious Cabinet meeting
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
By Bill Cotterell
Tallahassee Democrat
Graham offers dire predictions about terrorism
Tallahassee Democrat
POLITICAL RACES
By Bill Kaczor
Things got a bit testy at a Florida Cabinet meeting Tuesday as potential gubernatorial rivals Alex Sink and Bill McCollum sparred over whether the state should sue the Bank of America, where Sink was once a top executive.
By Bill Cotterell
Lobbyists and legislators munched hors d'oeuvres and sipped scotch in a rooftop ballroom with a nice view of the Capitol last week in an annual ritual as important to Florida politics as mass mailings and attack ads.
By Matt Clark
It has been one year since President Barack Obama paid a visit intended to stimulate Southwest Florida and the nation into supporting the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
By Sean Kinane
The race for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by George LeMieux won't be settled until November, but it is already heating up.
By Matt Dixon
Seated in a plush brown leather chair, within reach of the warmth emanating from the fire place at St. Andrew's Yacht Club, gubernatorial candidate Paula Dockery made a few things clear.
Editorial
If Marco Rubio is willing to make his election a higher priority than his state, he isn't qualified to represent Florida in the Senate.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
By Carol Marbin Miller
Florida's embattled ban on adoption by gay people suffered another setback Tuesday, when state child welfare administrators agreed to provide health insurance, college tuition and other benefits to the adopted son of a gay Key West man.
Editorial
Colin Powell, who earned four general's stars and served both conservative and liberal presidents at the highest levels, provided valuable support last week for allowing openly gay Americans to serve in the U.S. military.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Glen Gardner
On Saturday, thousands of Floridians will literally draw a line in the sand to fight near-shore oil and gas drilling.
By Bruce Ritchie
The governor and Cabinet today approved the state purchase of 2,849 acres in Jefferson County.
By Matthew Cimitile
As a peninsula surrounded by water and prone to extreme storms, Florida is one of the states with the most to lose if sea levels rise to the degree experts predict.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Dara Kam
The bank-backed move to speed up foreclosures has agitated Democrats fighting back in the Legislature.
By Lynn Hatter
Florida's economic slump has lawmakers eying Florida's trust funds again.
By Brandon Larrabee
A bill holding down increases in unemployment tax rates for businesses sailed through a House panel Tuesday , setting the stage for early action on what lawmakers say is a job-saving measure when the legislative session begins in March.
EDUCATION
The Associated Press
Sixteen schools in eight districts and on a university campus have been cited for failing to comply with Florida's class size limits.
Editorial
Here's the definition of disingenuous: "Not straightforward; not candid or frank; insincere." Here's the Florida definition of disingenuous, Tallahassee dialect edition: Don Gaetz; Will Weatherford.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Steve Bousquet and Lee Logan
Dr. Ana Viamonte Ros, Florida's top health official, has spent nearly $130,000 on taxpayer-funded travel in her first three years on the job and has spent at least a third of her weekends in her hometown of Miami.
By Sammy Mack
A landmark lawsuit that seeks to rewrite Florida's Medicaid policy resumed today in Miami, with plaintiffs charging that state agencies' tendency to switch plans without notice often leaves children with no access to care.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
Editorial
The Guardian ad Litem program protects endangered children, provides critical assistance to Florida's courts and, thanks to its largely volunteer workforce, saves taxpayers millions of dollars.
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