FEATURED STORIES
By Alex Leary
Related: Ray Sansom's resignation letter
Thrasher elected leader of Florida GOP
St. Petersburg Times
By Jeremy Wallace
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Rep. Charles Van Zant seeks ban on abortion
Tallahassee Democrat
Crist's DCF is still trying to stop gay adoption
By Scott Maxwell
Last week, the state stepped up its taxpayer-financed fight to prevent a South Florida woman from adopting one of her own relatives.
By Carl Hiaasen
Despite the public's epidemic disgust with politicians, now would be a splendid time to run for office in this country.
EDITORIAL CARTOON OF THE WEEK
Title: Why Florida's ethics laws need an upgrade!
Florida Times-Union
FLORIDA POLITICS
By Bill Cotterell and Jim Ash
On the eve of a trial-like committee hearing that would have been politically painful for the Republican Party and some of its top candidates, former House Speaker Ray Sansom resigned Sunday night from the Florida Legislature.
By Steve Bousquet
Related: Democratic Party helped coordinate Sansom complaint
Sen. Thrasher new chair of Florida Republican Party
Tallahassee Democrat
Questions about GOP credit card use get louder
Tampa Tribune
Florida senators in middle of rum fight
Miami Herald
Tea Party groups finding their voice
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
GOP must open the books: State party facing two critical tests on ethics
Palm Beach Post
State ethics: The hall of shame
Florida Times-Union
POLITICAL RACES
By Jim Stratton
Imagine you are a little-known congressman from South Florida, fighting for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
By William March
Related AP story: Crist, Rubio to debate on TV
Young says he will seek re-election
Tampa Tribune
Brown-Waite announces re-election bid
Citrus County Chronicle via Tampa Tribune
3 vie for House District 58 seat in Tuesday's vote
Tampa Tribune
Will Democrat's funding advantage triumph in special election for Florida House 58 seat?
St. Petersburg Times
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Mark Lane
Your correspondent strives to be a full-service columnist. When he writes about something and tells you something else will happen later, he means to return.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE, AND SOCIAL ISSUES
By Jaweed Kaleem
Jose Dugand can almost predict the stories he increasingly hears each week from undocumented immigrants as the pastor at Ekklesia Global Church.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Andy Reid
Palm Beach Aggregates plans to expand its rock mining to 2,300 acres -- allowing 25 more years of digging -- in an area environmentalists contend threatens Everglades restoration.
By Jordan Kahn
Because of new laws, small businesses are reeling, the federal government is being sued and a legislative fight is entering round two. And this isn't about health care or Wall Street bailouts.
Editorial
Since the state of Florida dawdled for more than a decade over a federal mandate to set limits on farm and urban runoff and water pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stepped in with proposed regulations last month.
Editorial
Once a mermaid, Barbara Wynn became a militant.
Editorial
More than two-thirds of the nation's land mass had snow on the ground when the day dawned, and then it snowed ever so slightly in Florida to make it 49 states out of 50.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Duane Marsteller
The federal government plans to pump more foreclosure-prevention money into Florida, which continues to have the highest rate of people falling behind on their mortgages.
By Catherine Whittenburg
Staggering unemployment during an election year means the pressure on state leaders to spur job growth couldn't be greater.
By Gary Fineout
Florida legislators will enter the 2010 session repeating the same thing as politicians all across the country: "Jobs, jobs, jobs."
By Lloyd Dunkelberger
A back-to-school sales tax holiday supported by the governor and legislative leaders is a bad idea that will have little impact on the state's struggling economy.
By Bill Kaczor
While some state agencies are reducing or eliminating cell phone use to save money, the Department of Children and Families is adding more such devices to possibly save lives.
EDUCATION
By Rick Kriseman
The American Civil Liberties Union recently sued Florida, alleging that the state has failed to meet its constitutionally mandated duty to ensure that all public school students receive a quality education.
Editorial
Doing more with less has long been a requirement for Florida's public schools.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Carol Gentry and Jim Saunders
Congratulations, Florida! You're getting a refund of $282.5 million in overpayments to Medicare, thanks to a recalculation of drug premiums for low-income elderly and disabled patients.
Staff Report
A new study has found that doctors dislike Florida's controversial Medicaid reform experiment in Broward County, but a large shortfall in the state budget has led officials to propose expanding the reform into all big-city areas, including Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties.
By Michael LaForgia
Despite new rules targeting the pain management industry, unscrupulous clinics that supply narcotics traffickers and addicts will keep spreading across Florida unless lawmakers enact tougher restrictions immediately, according to a top state medical official.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By Kris Wernowsky
A federal judge has ruled that a group representing Christian educators cannot intervene in a settled prayer-in-schools lawsuit involving the Santa Rosa County School District.
By Tonya Alanez
Critics for years have labeled Broward County State Attorney Mike Satz as soft on public corruption.
By Brittany Wallman
When the city's police chief turned up in photographs at a car crash scene next to Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, one of the drivers' attorneys asked if the chief's presence influenced the investigation.
By Elysa Batista
One. That's how many states in the U.S. have fully complied with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection Safety Act of 2006.
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