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The Associated Press
The television ad war in the governor's race kicked off with two attack ads, one criticizing Democrat Alex Sink's banking career and the other saying Republican Bill McCollum voted four times to raise his own salary while the national debt soared.
By John Frank and Marc Caputo
A top Republican selected Tuesday as the future speaker of the Florida House can't get his own financial house in order.
By Bill Cotterell
Two House members announced plans Tuesday to make all state employees, including legislators, pay for health insurance.
Editorial
Former Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom finally resigned his seat in the Legislature, more than a year after he should have stepped down.
FLORIDA POLITICS
By Scott Maxwell
State Rep. Chris Dorworth's life has been a bit of a mess lately.
By Dara Kam
Regulatory hearings on Florida Power & Light's proposed $1.4 billion rate hike were a bust not only for the utility, but also could mean tougher rules for state regulators and their staff.
By Jim Turner
Attorney Mark Klingensmith, the chairman of the Martin County Republican Party, has been named to a special committee to oversee the transition of Florida's GOP leadership.
By Daniel Carson
Former House Speaker Allan Bense expects a new statewide military advocacy council to take an active role in securing state and federal support for Florida's bases.
By James D. Davis
Voicing admiration for American values, the Dalai Lama on Tuesday called for the United States to spread freedom to other lands.
Editorial
Ann Coulter last week told the media there was hope for the conservative movement in America.
Editorial
Former Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom - typically - showed concern only for himself in resigning from the Florida Legislature the night before a House ethics panel was to begin investigating his conduct.
POLITICAL RACES
By Louis Jacobson
On Tuesday, the Republican Governors Association -- the gubernatorial campaign arm of the national GOP -- fired a shot at Alex Sink, the Democratic candidate for governor of Florida.
By Alexander Burns
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush made his strongest statement to date on the Republican Senate primary unfolding in his state, telling the conservative publication NewsMax in an on-camera interview that he considers Gov. Charlie Crist's support for last year's stimulus bill "unforgivable."
The Associated Press
Unofficial results show that Democrat Janet R. Cruz has won a special election for state House District 58 in Hillsborough County.
By Tom McLaughlin
To be sure, no one seeking to replace Ray Sansom in the District 4 state House seat is going to run on his coattails.
By Ron Hurtibise
Miller Another Republican has entered the race for the congressional seat held by Suzanne Kosmas.
Editorial
Ray Sansom's career in the Florida Legislature is over, sunk by ethics complaints and criminal charges, but the Ray Sansom conspiracy machine is fueled up, revved up and still chugging merrily along.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Tom Palmer
Julie Hauserman has been hired to head the campaign to get voter approval for Amendment 4, the Florida Hometown Democracy measure, the St. Pete Times Political Buzz reports.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Bruce Ritchie
In advance of a protest in Washington by recreational and commercial fishermen, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson said today he will file legislation to address red snapper fishing restrictions.
By Charles H. Bronson
As Florida's agriculture and consumer services commissioner, one of my proudest achievements is Florida's status as a leader in the biofuel industry.
Fox pens are inhumane and a threat to public health
Pensacola News Journal
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Jackie Bueno Sousa
As census surveys begin arriving at our homes in the coming weeks, many people will be eagerly awaiting the results.
By Dan Tracy
The chief executive of Amtrak is again threatening to scuttle the SunRail commuter train planned for Central Florida before it picks up its first passenger.
By Mark K. Matthews
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden has bluntly told Congress that his agency is making preparations to dismantle the Constellation moon-rocket program -- despite warnings that NASA is bound by law to get congressional permission before cutting the program this year.
By Steve Andrews
The Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance has denied that it misspent about $81,000 called into question by a state inspector general.
By Rebecca Basu
A Rockledge company is in the process of hiring 500 customer services representatives to work at a new call center.
By Larry Hannan
The federal government's official Web site says the stimulus has created 225 jobs in Jacksonville.
Editorial
One year later, the $862 billion federal stimulus package is doing its job -- helping stabilize the economy and avert another Great Depression.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Gina Presson
Floridians have a lot at stake in President Obama's bipartisan summit on health care reform, which begins on Thursday.
By Jim Saunders
Trying to boost the quality of health care for children, federal officials will send $100 million in grants to states over five years --- including about $11.3 million to a partnership between Florida and Illinois.
Fat, but not happy. A look at obesity in Florida and the nation.
Palm Beach Post
By Iricka Berlinger
Tallahassee Democrat
Health system failing U.S., especially the middle class
Daytona Beach News-Journal
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By John Frank
The brutal killing of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, which happened five years ago today, fueled the creation of a boogeyman in Florida politics: the sex offender.
By Elaine Silvestrini
The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with the Tampa Police Department over a disputed Miranda rights form, a decision likely to benefit the state in some high-profile prosecutions, including a notorious sex torture case.
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