FEATURED STORIES
By William March
It's a long, sometimes lonely slog for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek, but lately, he's seeing an opening for his all-but-ignored campaign.
The Associated Press
Democrat Alex Sink is beginning a two-month tour Wednesday to roll out the economic policies she will propose if elected governor.
By Alex Leary
Declaring ``we're all united on space,'' Gov. Charlie Crist met with Florida lawmakers Tuesday in an attempt to turn back proposed landmark changes to NASA's mission in the state.
By Michael C. Bender
A Florida Senate panel on Tuesday approved a second year of cutbacks for the popular Bright Futures scholarships, citing declining tax collections.
By Mike Salinero
Republican legislation that would decouple adoptions from gun ownership gave Democrats a forum Tuesday to lambast the state ban on adoption by gay and lesbian couples.
By Gina Presson
Hundreds of union members from across Florida are meeting with their legislators this week to discuss a session they fear is more about corporate tax breaks than caring for Florida families.
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
By Catherine Whittenburg
More expectant mothers could go without prenatal health care; more children could wind up abused.
By Marc Caputo
If Jeff Atwater's Senate has its way, the higher office he seeks will have unprecedented power over privatized prisons, billions of dollars in purchasing authority and the power to investigate Medicaid and food-stamp fraud.
By Marc Caputo
But it's not only social issues on the agenda.
By Cristina Silva
Florida lawmakers have proposed tax cuts and incentives this year for a handful of property owners.
By John Frank
The lobbying arm of the Florida trial lawyers limped into this legislative session, and the group's pain is only getting worse.
By Mike Vasilinda
More than a half dozen lawmakers are targeting state employees for cuts and lower benefits as they search for ways to fill a three billion-dollar gap in funding.
By Josh Hafenbrack
Advocates are stirring for a fight on a long-contentious social issue that suddenly surfaced on the Florida Legislature's agenda: school prayer.
The Associated Press
A state lawmaker is proposing allowing corporate logos on Florida license plates.
Editorial
Floridians have a constitutional right of access to public records and meetings of the government. Unfortunately, not everyone shares an enthusiasm for openness.
POLITICAL RACES
By Robert Trigaux
Can any Tallahassee politician really do much to stem Florida's 11.9 percent and still rising unemployment rate?
By Arian Campo-Flores
In a recent interview with a Wall Street Journal editorial writer, Florida Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio blasted irresponsible government spending and blamed members of both parties for getting the nation into its current economic mess.
By Hastings Wyman
Sunshine State Gov. Charlie Crist (R) is way behind former state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) in the polls for the GOP's US Senate primary.
Staff Report
It's a move straight out of the campaign playbook: If your opponent criticizes you for something, accuse him of doing the same thing.
By John R. Smith
This year is a historic election year for Florida, like we haven't seen in more than 100 years.
By Chad Smith
In a cramped, stuffy room at the Supervisor of Elections office downtown, Craig Lowe and Don Marsh watched Tuesday night as the tallies came in.
By Lesley Clark
A Florida elections supervisor raised the state's botched 2000 election Tuesday to argue for a controversial bill that would let convicted felons vote in federal elections after their release from prison -- regardless of state law.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By John Kennedy
Senate Democrats dug-in Tuesday and approved a caucus position opposing the proposed ballot initiative aimed at softening the class-size standards approved by voters in 2002.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Curtis Morgan
Eighteen months ago, the federal judge overseeing Everglades cleanup progress tentatively endorsed a state bid to buy sugar fields for restoration projects, calling the opportunity to ``buy out the polluters'' a logical solution to long-standing problems.
By Andy Reid
The numbers for Gov. Charlie Crist's blockbuster Everglades land deal just aren't adding up for Palm Beach County officials worried about seeing local environmental projects sacrificed to help cover the $536 million cost.
By Mary Ellen Klas
Florida's Public Service Commission would undergo a complete face lift under a draft House proposal released Tuesday that moves the commission's regulatory staff into a separate entity that answers to the Legislature and tightens qualifications for commissioners.
Editorial
The effort to restore Florida's Everglades has been revived thanks to the efforts of President Obama and Florida's Republican governor, Charlie Crist.
LGBT
By Dara Kam
After years of trying unsuccessfully to get lawmakers to discuss gay adoptions and pass a bill allowing them, Sen. Nan Rich won a victory of sorts on the Senate floor this afternoon.
EDUCATION
By Leslie Postal
Florida students would have to take harder math and science courses and pass new, end-of-course tests in those subjects to earn high school diplomas, under a bill that is now headed for a vote on the Senate floor.
By Mike Salinero
A bill that would increase the amount of tax money paying for vouchers so poor children can attend private schools passed a key committee in the state Senate today.
By Ron Word
The Senate Higher Education Appropriations Committee is proposing a $7 billion budget for the state's colleges and universities next year, including maintaining Bright Futures scholarships.
The Associated Press
The Board of Governors is considering a recommendation to form a purchasing consortium for health care insurance covering students at Florida's state universities.
By Tiffany Lankes, Christopher O'Donnell and Todd Ruger
Even with high unemployment, a foreclosure crisis and a lingering recession, Sarasota voters Tuesday renewed a special tax for schools by a record margin.
Editorial
A bill to change the way Florida hires, retains and pays teachers sprawls all over the education map.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Bart Jansen
Sen. Bill Nelson expressed optimism for NASA's future after meeting with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, but he said specifics will have to wait for an upcoming space summit in Florida.
By Michael Braga
It only took two days for FEMA to reject Florida's request for federal disaster assistance for those suffering from property damage and health issues connected with Chinese drywall.
By Bill Kaczor
Florida last year taxed motorists' wallets. Now, it's taxing their patience.
By Shannon Behnken
State regulators cracked down on loan modification businesses today, serving one Tampa company with a cease and desist order.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Kate Bradshaw
As the bill that would overhaul health care pushes through Congress, Republicans are fighting it on nearly all fronts.
By George Bennett
With another self-imposed congressional deadline for health care overhaul looming, supporters and opponents took to the streets in Palm Beach County on Tuesday.
By Jim Ash
Looking for $600 million to slash from health and social welfare programs, a Senate panel got a warning Tuesday from a heavy hitting former colleague -- don't kill Healthy Families.
By John Dorschner
Related: Keeping track of Jackson Health System's financial woes
'Medical home' passes early test
Health News Florida
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
By Josh Hafenbrack
The Florida House appears poised to make prejudice-driven attacks against the homeless a hate crime, prompted by the caught-on-video 2006 beating of three homeless men in Fort Lauderdale that made national news.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By Diana Moskovitz
More than half the states in the nation lowered their prison populations last year -- but not Florida, where it continued to rise, according to a recent survey by the Pew Center on the States.
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