FEATURED STORIES
By Adam C. Smith and Beth Reinhard
As a volatile election season gets under way, the Republican Party of Florida is facing its biggest crisis of confidence in decades.
By Aaron Deslatte
As Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer announced last month he would resign amid criticism for his profligate spending, House Speaker-designate Dean Cannon was clearing out $655,000 from the party's bank account.
By Carl M. Cannon
Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio sought to curry favor with conservatives last week by suggesting that not all immigrants should be counted in the 2010 Census.
By Mary Ellen Klas
State utility regulators and Florida Power & Light's parent company said Monday they would investigate anonymous allegations that FPL managers broke the law and committed fraud by forcing employees to provide inaccurate and misleading information to regulators and shareholders.
By Bill Cotterell
Black-clad opponents of offshore oil drilling hope to mount the biggest protest in Florida history by joining hands along the coastline Saturday.
FLORIDA POLITICS
By Bill Cotterell
A Republican candidate for governor challenged both major contenders for her party's chairmanship to disclose all of the Florida GOP's finances, including credit-card bills of party officers.
By Michael Joe Murphy and Martha Musgrove
'Politics is so expensive that it takes a lot of money just to be defeated," humorist Will Rogers used to quip.
By Janet Begley
Although he last served as senior White House advisor to former President George W. Bush in 2007, Republican party strategist Karl Rove said he's "still wired" for politics.
POLITICAL RACES
By Anthony Man
U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek is adding some horsepower to his race.
By Bill Rufty
Gov. Charlie Crist and former Speaker of the House Marco Rubio should stop personal assaults on each other and begin to deal with issues, said the man who is likely to meet one of the Republican candidates in the Nov. 2 general election.
By Lesley Clark
A new report out from a pro-comprehensive immigration group predicts "Latino voters are poised to play a crucial role in key House and Senate races across the country" -- including in Florida, where it says that Barack Obama's "strong focus on courting the Latino vote in Florida helped him carry the state that supported George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004.
By Matt Reed
For a while there, it looked as if U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio might win over the right-wing activists in Brevard County but not rank-and-file Republicans.
By Matt Dixon
On Nov. 18, U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd held a "reception" at Tortilla Coast, a Washington. D.C., Tex-Mex restaurant that touts itself as a place "to watch Capitol Hill movers and shakers in action."
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Paul Flemming
Sometimes the money quote takes some time.
By Paul Quinlan
Jimmy Wohl's father got his unlikely start in the cattle business in 1962, snapping up 320 acres of military surplus land in western Broward County for $25 an acre and setting 10 cows loose on the property.
By Bruce Ritchie
The governor and Cabinet on Tuesday will consider approving the state purchase of 2,849 acres in Jefferson County.
By Curtis Morgan
Despite four decades of slogging through Everglades marshes and mangroves, wildlife ecologist Frank Mazzotti had never experienced anything like the aftermath of frigid January.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Fred Barnes
Republican senator George LeMieux of Florida has done the math.
By Kirk Nielsen
Certain Republican lawmakers are always saying we can't afford this or that government program, like federal health insurance or President Obama's stimulus plan.
By Ron Hurtibise
Millions of people live under the control of homeowner associations in Florida.
By Bill Thompson
Local promoters appear to be working overtime to sell Marion County to visitors as an ideal spot to spend some time - whether it's taking in an event like Horse Shows in the Sun or a professional golf tournament or visiting a familiar place like Silver Springs or a local museum.
EDUCATION
By William March and Catherine Whittenburg
Gov. Charlie Crist delivered an optimistic message about the state budget and economy to a gathering of political and civic leaders in Tampa on Monday, saying, "Something good is starting to percolate in our economy."
By Iricka Berlinger
With sharpened pencils in hand, students in the fourth-, eighth-, and 10th-grades head to school today to take the writing portion of the FCAT.
Broward schools defying the FCAT odds
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Carol Gentry
The state Department of Health's decision to withhold information on its consumer web site about pending actions against health professionals -- including arrests -- is entirely appropriate, say attorneys who defend doctors in disciplinary matters.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
Staff Report
The Florida Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt the execution of a man convicted of murdering a state wildlife officer 25 years ago.
By Amy Sherman and Jay Weaver
Russell Adler, a name partner in convicted lawyer Scott Rothstein's former Fort Lauderdale firm, was sued Monday for more than $1.2 million by bankruptcy attorneys who claim the money was the fruit of Rothstein's massive investment scam.
By Matt Dixon
A bill being sponsored by state Rep. Brad Drake would exempt current and former public defenders from state public records laws.
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