FEATURED STORIES
By William March
It was a day of posturing and zingers in the U.S. Senate race Wednesday, as GOP primary opponents Gov. Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio each sought to portray himself as the job-saving, limited government advocate and his opponent as the big spender.
By Beth Reinhard and Marc Caputo
Gov. Charlie Crist used the taxpayer-funded state plane Wednesday for a four-city media blitz that promoted a pro-business initiative but ended with a Miami campaign fundraiser.
By Katie Connolly
Our man in Florida, Arian Campos-Flores, recently noted with mock astonishment, that there's actually a Democrat in Florida's Senate race too.
By Paul Flemming
Florida matched its highest-ever unemployment rate in January at 11.9 percent with 1.1 million Floridians out of work.
Public Option Support Now Over 40 In Senate
The Huffington Post
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
The Associated Press
Senate President Jeff Atwater has proposed spending a bit less for public schools, health care and criminal and civil justice than House Speaker Larry Cretul.
By Gary Fineout
The effort by Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, to allow insurance companies in Florida to set their own rates appears doomed just two weeks into the legislative session, done in by election-year politics and the threat of a veto by Gov. Charlie Crist.
By Bill Kaczor
Photos of vehicles with license tags from Texas, Louisiana and other states, but nary one from Florida, flashed on viewing screens in a Senate committee room Wednesday.
By Jim Ash
What started as a powerful lawmaker's attempt to help a grieving father has become another example of the pitfalls of legislating by tragedy.
By Martin Merzer
Here's a new reason to keep your thumbs on the wheel and your eyes on the road: Action to outlaw texting while driving is off to a speedy start in the Legislature.
By Ron Hurtibise
Enjoy that new driver's license, happy teen.
By Fernando Quintero
Nancy Evans of Mims used to be a devoted sun worshipper.
Editorial
Anything to make a quick buck -- and avoid a tax.
POLITICAL RACES
The Associated Press
The eldest son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said in a North Carolina political appearance that he doesn't expect his father to make a run for president in 2012.
By David Hunt
Marco Rubio walked into a Beaches community hall Wednesday seeming anything but the underdog he was just months ago.
By Tom Jensen
An independent Charlie Crist bid for the US Senate would work to Marco Rubio's advantage, because Crist would win more Democratic votes than Republican ones.
By Aaron Sharockman
"Florida's new fingerprint identification system is improving our rate of solving cold cases by 300 percent."
By George Bennett
Attorney General and GOP governor candidate Bill McCollum dropped by tonight's Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee powwow and sounded at first like a federal candidate before throwing his likely Democratic opponent, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, into the mix.
Lawsuits pull the plug on voting-machine monopoly
Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times Tallahassee Bureau
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Richard Dymond
Related: Biz group urged to fight against Amendment 4
Trust the public on Amendment 4
Panama City News Herald
Group to display oversize abortion photos at South Florida intersections
TC Palm via South Florida Sun-Sentinel
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Brian Skoloff
Gov. Charlie Crist's grand plan to revive the dying Florida Everglades by buying back the land, a key part of his legacy, could be on the cusp of collapsing and dealing another blow to his Senate hopes.
By Dusty Ricketts
With Senate Bill 2622 filed in the Florida Legislature, drilling for oil and natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico has become one of the major issues this session.
By Dave Rauschkolb
Florida is on the brink of decisions that could forever endanger our clean waters, our clean beaches and our valuable tourism-based economy.
By Robert Samuels
As a bill banning the sale and trade of Burmese pythons and other invasive reptiles came up for a vote at a House committee hearing Wednesday, sponsor Rep. Trudi Williams made a mockingly stern request: "No hissing, members."
Editorial
Like everything involving the Everglades, the state's agreement to purchase 72,800 acres of U.S. Sugar Corp. land for $536 million has its share of champions and critics.
LGBT
Staff Report
City commissioners have voted to allow same-sex spouses of city employees to apply for health and dental benefits.
Staff Report
A South Florida man in a legal battle to adopt his foster children is set to take his fight to Capitol Hill, first thing tomorrow.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Jeff Harrington
"Back to Work" money will finally be flowing back to Florida.
By Bill Cotterell
Two insurance executives told Senate budget planners Wednesday the state could save millions and have a healthier workforce if state employees are moved into high-deductible "health savings accounts" that give workers a financial stake in their health care.
EDUCATION
By Lynn Hatter
Related: Advocates Say Cuts to Early Learning Would Cost More in Long Run
Senate panel passes GOP bills requiring teacher merit pay, new grad standards
Palm Beach Post
Schools pinching pennies as Fla. hashes out budget
Gainesville Sun
Teachers carry on as state, unions battle
Tallahassee Democrat
County sees 'glitches' with FCAT program
Tallahassee Democrat
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Mark Matthews
Frustrated with the drag-out fight on healthcare, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson on Tuesday introduced legislation that would allow every American citizen to buy into Medicare.
By Mary Jo Melone
First, Jeanne and Randal Wills sold one of their cars. Then they sold some property they needed for retirement.
By Jim Saunders
Florida hospitals are gearing up to compete with health-maintenance organizations in a possible expansion of Medicaid managed care.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Staff Report
Journalist and civil rights activist Stetson Kennedy is a finalist for a national honor presented by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By Eric Pera
Charles T. Canady of Lakeland was named Wednesday as the next chief justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.
By Paul Flemming
Government meetings have to be open to the public, but that doesn't mean citizens have a right to speak at them, a Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday.
By John Frank
With lawmakers questioning its future, a top official with the Department of Juvenile Justice made assurances Wednesday that change is coming to the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna.
By Amy Sherman and Jay Weaver
Kim Rothstein, the wife of convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, was sued in federal bankruptcy court Wednesday by a team of attorneys trying to recover more than $1 million from the purported shopaholic.
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