FEATURED STORIES
By Mike Memoli
One of the first public polls released after Charlie Crist entered the Florida Senate race last May showed the governor with a 35 point lead.
By Alex Leary
The smell of fresh coffee and the temptations of doughnuts and blueberry muffins greeted Florida Rep. Suzanne Kosmas on Wednesday as she entered a private breakfast with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
By Lee Logan and Mary Ellen Klass
After raising $2.2 billion in new taxes and fees last year, Florida legislators want to erase that memory this election year with proposals to roll back auto registration fees and steer up to $100 million to businesses in tax incentives.
By Steve Bousquet
As millions of Florida residents open their mailboxes to find their 2010 census forms this week, Gov. Charlie Crist is using his bully pulpit to remind everyone of their ``civic duty'' to fill out the forms and return them as soon as possible.
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
By Shannon Colavecchio
The pace of the legislative session continues to pick up Thursday with the House and Senate expected to pass legislation that includes bills requiring civics education in public schools, excusing breast-feeding moms from jury duty and banning adoption agencies from asking prospective parents whether they own firearms.
By Michael Peltier
Property insurers would be able to raise premiums without regulatory approval, but only by up to 15 percent a year, under a wide-ranging insurance approved in a House committee Wednesday.
By Dara Kam
Florida Rep. Mike Horner and his wife have been trying to adopt a child for more than a year.
By Cristina Silva
After hours of sweat-stained athletic camaraderie, Pace High School coach Mickey Lindsey must walk away from his players the moment they begin to pray.
By Bill Cotterell
There's an old adage about campaign finance that says money in politics is like rainfall on pavement -- it will always find the cracks.
By Catherine Whittenburg
Expansion of the Panama Canal means that Florida is poised to seize on new trade opportunities, say state lawmakers who want to pour $85 million into Florida's 14 ports.
By Ihosvani Rodriguez and Josh Hafenbrack
Jeffrey Klee's mother and sister made a visit this week to the canal where his remains were found, just off Riverside Park in Coral Springs.
By Cristina Silva
Adults who knowingly provide alcohol to minors could soon be in a lot more trouble.
The Associated Press
Legislation that would tighten screening and criminal background checks for people who work with children, seniors and disabled people is coming up for a vote in the Florida House.
By Bill Cotterell
A plan to break up the Department of Management Services cleared a key Senate committee Wednesday with its sponsor saying he's not punishing employees for saving the state money.
By Jim Turner
Florida's Senate Reapportionment committee unanimously agreed Tuesday to support a bill by Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, to move up the start of the 2012 legislative session to accommodate the once-a-decade redistricting process.
By Iricka Berlinger
Jennifer Stamper is the mom, dad, chauffeur, breadwinner, maid, cook, cheerleader and everything else her 9-year-old son, Brendan, needs.
POLITICAL RACES
By Lesley Clark
The pitched wrangling over health care legislation broke into the U.S. Senate campaign Wednesday as Gov. Charlie Crist pressed his potential Democratic rival Rep. Kendrick Meek to oppose the bill.
By Adam S. Smith
There were a lot of intriguing charges on the Florida GOP credit card wielded by former executive director Delmar Johnson, including the $748 charge for state Rep. Chris Dorworth at The Palazzo Las Vegas - and $1,132 in air fare - when Charlie Crist was there raising money for his senate campaign.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Rachael Jackson
Hometown Democracy, the proposed amendment that would give Florida voters more say over growth, was described by opposing panelists Wednesday night as "taking a sledgehammer to a fruit fly" and as a way for the public to "take the keys back" from governments that have been "driving drunk" with development.
Staff Report
Florida TaxWatch issued a report Wednesday that finds most Floridians acknowledge that the Save Our Homes amendment is flawed policy.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Kevin Spear
Virtually every important aspect of water in Florida, from tap to toilet and from storm runoff to bubbling spring, has a place in sweeping legislation unveiled Wednesday by state Sen. Lee Constantine.
By Kevin Spear
State Sen. Lee Constantine's longtime goal of dramatically boosting the recycling of Florida's 32 million tons a year of trash is gaining momentum.
By Kirk Nielsen
In the aggregate, the federal stewards of Everglades restoration are moving quickly to preserve wetland destruction for generations to come.
By Paula Dockery
Friends of the Everglades were understandably excited when Florida Gov. Charlie Crist unveiled a $1.75 billion deal to buy out U.S. Sugar two years ago, effectively closing down a major polluter of the Everglades.
By David Fleshler
For some Burmese pythons captured in the Everglades, the end of the line is a building in a warehouse district of Hallandale Beach.
Editorial
Decades of environmental recklessness have left us depending on the political system to fix problems. And that often creates a bigger mess.
LGBT
By Mike Salinero
A day after Democrats lawmakers tried to bring attention to the state ban on gay and lesbian adoption, a representative from West Palm Beach announced she has filed a bill that would lift the ban.
By Richard Verrier
Seeking to be family friendly, Florida may have learned a hard lesson in how not to be Hollywood friendly.
EDUCATION
By Linda Trimble
Third-grade teacher Matt Hopkins has seen a lot in his 25 years in the classroom, including smart children with supportive parents and those who struggle to get to school on time while coping with poverty, neglect or abuse at home.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Kimberly Miller
A crushing backlog of foreclosure cases has pushed Florida's courts to request a one-time payment of $9.6 million to help purge the system and quicken a market recovery.
By Deette W. Preacher
I do not see how a chief executive officer and board of directors can expect to operate an entity -- whether for profit, nonprofit or government -- in an economical, efficient and effective manner without capable and dedicated employees.
By Catherine Whittenburg
Orbitz and Expedia are trying to convince Florida lawmakers that such travel booking Web sites don't owe taxes on transactions made via their Web sites.
By Scott Powers
When high-speed rail finally arrives in Central Florida, Orlando International Airport wants to be ready -- with a "Grand Central Station" of terminals that could include multiple rail lines, food and retail concessions, a hotel and rental-car counters, officials said Wednesday.
The Progress Report
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) unveiled a sweeping financial regulatory reform bill Monday, designed to make the banking system work better for average Americans and help prevent another financial meltdown.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Jim Saunders
Hospitals wouldn't get hit with tax increases, and Medically Needy, mental health and substance abuse programs would avoid major cuts under an initial House budget proposal released Tuesday.
By John Dorschner
Dozens of Jackson suppliers are owed more than $17 million in bills that are more than 90 days old, according to documents released Wednesday under a public records request.
By Aaron Sharockman
"Nearly all of the top 50 prescribers of oxycodone in the United States are in Florida."
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