FEATURED STORIES
By Aaron Deslatte
From golf-course fees to charter jets to the nation's capital, Republican Party of Florida Executive Director Delmar Johnson racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in travel, food and expenses to his party-issued American Express card last year.
Florida GOP fundraiser's hefty pay angers party leaders
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Rubio, Crist differ on who should be counted in Census
Miami Herald
Crist, Rubio oppose changing 'don't ask, don't tell' policy affecting gays in military
The Buzz Blog
Editorial
Orlando Sentinel
BEST OF THE BLOGS
By NoFortunateSon
As a Pinellas County native, I have been waiting 25 years for the announcement heard today: $1.25 billion would be granted for construction of a Florida high speed rail.
By Steve Schale
If I had a dollar for every question I've gotten about the Crist campaign, just in the last 96 hours, I wouldn't be driving a seven year old car with 130,000 miles.
By Geniuofdespair
The only person who signed the Corporate papers (filed January 21st) for this 501c4 is Richard E. Coates, a Tallahassee lobbyist, who also happens to have as a client Barney Bishop's "Associated Industries of Florida".
By Daniel Tilson
In rolling out what they claim is a new policy to begin broadcasting "approved" paid advocacy group advertisements, the CBS TV network is clearly taking the sensitive, low-key high road - airing the first such spot during Super Bowl 44, being played Sunday in our South Florida backyard, with a few additional folks tuning in from around the globe.
By Bill Newton
It will be another busy year for voters. The Legislature wants us to give up public campaign finance, and we have a chance to make Florida's election districts more fair and eliminate gerrymandering.
FLORIDA POLITICS
By William March
Florida Chief Financial Offical Alex Sink is, well, petite, but still seems quite ready to take on 'The Governator' of California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who trashed Florida on Wednesday.
By Gary Fineout
Sen. Alex Villalobos has had a change of heart. Just two weeks ago the Miami Republican said he was giving up and had no intention on filing his "Truth in Government" Act that would require those testifying before the Legislature to swear to tell the truth.
By Sydney P. Freedberg
A prominent law firm seeking lucrative pension work from Florida pulled out of the running Thursday after the firm's senior partner acknowledged making inaccurate statements to a selection committee.
POLITICAL RACES
By Mark Lane
U.S. Senate hopeful Kendrick Meek announced he's in the race. Literally.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
By Shannon Colavecchio
Every day, people in the state's capital city pass by the historic site of a 1960 lunch counter sit-in and just see an old, abandoned brick storefront.
By Chris Umpierre
After a long day working in Immokalee's tomato fields, Guillermo Ramos exited a beat-up bus with about 50 other farm workers and gravitated toward a blue tent across the street.
By Sue Carlton
When we last saw anti-smut, pro-family values crusader David Caton, he was exactly where you would expect him to be: criticizing the University of South Florida for a course called "queer theory" and speaking out against protections for transgender people in Tampa.
Editorial
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this week to discuss the heinous policy of "don't ask, don't tell."
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Bruce Ritchie
Florida's conservation land-buying program was not included among 38 priorities identified by members of a House panel.
By Bruce Ritchie
Members of a House panel today were told that oil and gas production platforms built more than 13 miles offshore would not be visible from the coast.
Editorial
In theory, the way the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service preserved 4,000 acres of raw land east of Fort Myers for the endangered Florida panther seems reasonable.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Bill Kaczor
Florida property taxes dropped by $2.28 billion, or 7.5 percent, over the past three years because of tax-cutting measures approved by the Legislature and voters as well as falling real estate values, according to figures presented to a legislative panel Thursday.
By Kimberly Miller
Florida's courts tackled 398,825 foreclosure cases in 2009, an 8 percent increase over the previous year and a glut that led to a new statewide mediation rule aimed at reducing the overload.
By Jim Turner
State Farm has started to send letters to the holders of 125,000 policies in Florida that they will no longer be insured by the largest private property insurer in Florida just as the hurricane season approaches it peak.
By Dusty Ricketts
Sometimes everyone needs a little help getting started, even businesses.
EDUCATION
By Lynn Hatter
The House Pre-K through 12 Committee heard a report on Governor Charlie Crist's education budget Thursday, and the proposed increases in funding are already drawing a partisan divide.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Dara Kam
Pressure eased off Florida as staging area for Haiti relief, as South Carolina this morning welcomed its first jetload of Americans returning from the earthquake-ravaged nation.
By Michael C. Bender and Mitra Malek
Florida will appeal to the federal government for help investigating the cancer cluster in The Acreage, Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday, just a day after state health officials said they didn't plan to search for an environmental cause.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By Bill Cotterell
Leon County Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey was called on the carpet by the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday for improperly using the word "re-elect" in a YouTube campaign posting and padding her legal resume.
By Nathan Crabbe
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas presented a lighter side Thursday to a group of University of Florida law students but turned serious when discussing criticism of the court.
By John Frank
If a child rides in a race car or climbs a rock wall, a parent is typically expected to sign a company's liability waiver acknowledging the risks.
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