PROGRESS FLORIDA IN THE NEWS
By Libby Hendren
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FEATURED STORIES
By Keith Laing
The three leading candidates to replace Gov. Charlie Crist next year offered different advice on whether or not the state should investigate credit card use at the Republican Party under former chairman Jim Greer.
By William March
Facing Marco Rubio's avalanche of momentum in the Republican Senate primary, Gov. Charlie Crist's best shot at winning - and salvaging his political career - is to redefine Rubio's image.
By Daniel Carson
Area legislators expressed doubts Friday that the Florida Legislature will pass any offshore oil drilling-related bills in 2010 due to concerns about impacts on military missions, the region's tourism industry and the environment.
By Alex Leary
State Rep. Ray Sansom charged Monday that a member of the House panel investigating his ties to a Panhandle college is biased, has a conflict of interest and should be removed from the panel.
FLORIDA POLITICS
By Howard Troxler
Now and then, as you know, Florida has had a spot of trouble with its elections.
By Brent Kallestad
Florida Democratic Party Chair Karen Thurman is looking for help in persuading Attorney General Bill McCollum to investigate possible criminal activity in the Republican Party
By Dara Kam
Attorney General Bill McCollum continues to defer to GOP party leaders instead of ordering an investigation into possible criminal conduct regarding credit card abuses at the Republican Party of Florida.
By Tom McLaughlin
A week out from his legislative misconduct hearing, state Rep. Ray Sansom has requested that one member of the five-member committee scheduled to hear his case be removed.
By Jim Witters
Related: Hundreds of fans flock to 'Going Rogue' signing
Famous speakers find way to SW Fla.
Ft. Myers News-Press
State senator used campaign funds to pay off election fine
The Fine Print
Editorial
Miami Herald
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Brent Batten
Florida District 25 Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart scoffs at the notion he is running for a seat in a new district because it's safer.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
By Willoughby Mariano
A Christian group filed a second federal lawsuit against county officials in Central Florida, repeating a claim, that its right to freedom of religion was violated.
By Adora Obi Nweze
The NAACP promotes environment stewardship, and we advocate for environmental justice. We also strongly support energy conservation -- but not on the backs of middle- and low-income working-class people.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
The Associated Press
Environmentalists say a proposal that would set numeric limits on farm and urban runoff is needed to clean up Florida's polluted water bodies and is long overdue.
By Bruce Ritchie
State officials for the first time are saying they know at what level of nitrate in groundwater that springs lose their ecological balance.
Editorial
In 2006, the Florida Legislature approved a scheme that enables electric utilities to charge their customers up-front for development and construction costs of nuclear power plants.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Margie Menzel
The record cold snap last month not only put Florida crops and wildlife at risk It also exposed the gap between the state's 50-60,000 homeless people and its ability to shelter them.
By Dale White
Florida may be missing out on billions of dollars each year because state agencies are not applying to get fully reimbursed for federally subsidized programs.
By Jim Stratton
As Florida's jobless rate flirts with 12 percent and the state borrows federal money to pay unemployment claims, the U.S. Department of Labor is pushing a deal legislators have already turned down once.
By Robert Nolin and John Maines
Tipsy mice and sexed-up cactus bugs have been enlisted to help in America's economic recovery. But will they do much to boost employment?
The Associated Press
More than 2,700 Florida homeowners can look for a nice-sized check in their mailboxes this week.
By Steve Andrews
Criticized for spending thousands in taxpayer money on lavish meals, Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance president Renee Gilmore has resigned.
EDUCATION
By Dave Weber
Amid widespread budget cuts, the state plans to spend nearly $200 million to change the way it teaches math next school year in the hope that students will learn more if they cover fewer skills each year.
Editorial
State employees with children at the Gwen Cherry Child Development Center had a full day Monday to weigh their options after Department of Education officials informed them that the center will close on April 30.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
Editorial
Are companies like WellPoint, UnitedHealth Group, Humana and Cigna trying to elbow the Wall Street banks out of the way to claim the mantle of America's Most Ignominious Industry?
Editorial
Far from the rubble they left behind, Haitian children sometimes ask their Florida teachers if that was a tremor they just felt.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By Nathan Crabbe
Related AP story: Fla. to execute 45-year-old inmate Tuesday
Attorney General's Office investigates Cash4Gold
TC Palm
Building more prisons in Florida isn't the answer
St. Petersburg Times
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