FEATURED STORIES
By Alex Leary
House and Senate leaders on Thursday said a provision sparing about 800,000 Floridians from cuts in Medicare Advantage will not be part of the final health care bill, a blow to Sen. Bill Nelson.
By John Frank
The Republican-dominated Florida House pushed through legislation Thursday that allows legislative leaders to raise unlimited dollars from special interests, rejecting a dozen Democratic amendments aimed at limiting the influence of money in politics.
The Associated Press
Alex Sink is trying hard to make her campaign for governor about jobs, launching a "business plan for Florida" campaign tour to talk about economic recovery.
BEST OF THE BLOGS
By Tobias Packer
Through some very crafty maneuvering on the part of our Public Policy team in Tallahassee, today we forced debate on Florida's notorious adoption ban on the floor the Florida House and Senate - something that had not happened once in the 33 years since this law passed.
By Joy Reid
There'll be no more living the political high life for Marco Rubio -- basking in the adoration of the eager press corps, crowned as the "Hispanic Obama" and the "Hispanic Ronald Reagan" at the same time...
By Inkberries
OK, call me crazy, but I think I may have figured out one of the reasons Gov. Charlie Crist is doing so poorly in the polls in his Senate primary race with Marco Rubio.
By Ray Seaman
I criticized all three gubernatorial candidates back in January for not having any real issue positions on their websites. However, all of this has since changed.
By Steve Schale
In a recent survey of Florida voters, Public Policy Polling asked Florida voters to name their most favorite and least favorite Governor.
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
By Jim Ash
The House on Thursday approved a major rewrite of election laws in a bill that would allow millions of new special-interest dollars to pour into campaigns, but one that would also give the public a better way to track the spending.
By Dara Kam
Related column: Best way to get our lawmakers' ear? Pack heat
NRA has gotten most of what it wanted in Florida Legislature in 2010
Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times Tallahassee Bureau
Fla. Senate focusing on budget issues
Ocala Star-Banner
By Deborah Circelli
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Fla. House passes limits on lawsuits, lawyer fees
Northwest Florida Daily News
By Gary Fineout
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
House Approves More Thorough Background Checks for Caregivers
The Associated Press
Republican-backed budget question to Florida voters is a biased 'poll' Democrats complain
St. Petersburg Times
Tattoo Bill Passes Senate Committee
Capitol News Service
Editorial
Miami Herald
POLITICAL RACES
By Brendan Farrington
With all the attention being paid to the Republican Senate primary between former House Speaker Marco Rubio and Gov. Charlie Crist, it may be easy to forget that there's another major candidate seeking the seat - Democratic Congressman Kendrick Meek.
By Mike Thomas
A Daily Kos poll of the Senate race reveals what we all know -- that Marco Rubio is dusting Charlie Crist by 28 points.
Staff Report
Related analysis: FL-Sen: Crist is broken
By Daniel Ruth
St. Petersburg Times
Crist wows crowd at Pointe West for Lincoln Day Dinner
TC Palm
Teachers whose jobs have been maintained by the federal stimulus "should be fine" when the recovery dollars run out before the 2011-12 school year, Gov. Charlie Crist told Indian River County business and government leaders Thursday.
By Bill Cotterell
With a heavy hometown boost, state Sen. Al Lawson claimed a spot on the November ballot Wednesday in his bid to knock off U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd in the Democratic primary.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Lauren Ritchie
you don't have to sort through confusing wording of two competing constitutional amendments -- one that would give you absolute power to limit or grant huge developments and a second that was just developers in a tree-hugger's Birkenstocks.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Curtis Morgan
With the odds of borrowing a half-billion bucks growing dicey, water managers are exploring new ways to finance Gov. Charlie Crist's deal with the U.S. Sugar Corp. -- a controversial land buy the governor stood firmly behind Thursday during a South Florida visit.
By Bruce Ritchie
As biomass energy supporters complain of opposition to some biomass projects around the state, a company that is proposing to build two in north Florida has suspended work on one in Gadsden County.
By David Fleshler
A man who helped kill a Burmese python in front of journalists at a Hallandale Beach processing plant broke the rules governing the hunting of the non-native snakes in the Everglades, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
LGBT
By Michael C. Bender
A proposal that would limit tax breaks for films and TV shows with gay characters was removed from a bill that passed the powerful Florida Senate Ways and Means Committee today.
By Josh Hafenbrack and Richard Verrier
Florida, the home of Mickey Mouse and beach-bound vacationers, was trying to polish its family friendly image but instead ran into a PR nightmare: an angry Hollywood.
By Rhonda Swan
James was a bright boy with a dark future looming when he made a decision to change his destiny.
EDUCATION
By Cara Fitzpatrick
Michelle Enos has worked in her chosen profession for 20 years.
By Denise-Marie Balona, Leslie Postal and Dave Weber
The state's teachers union and Florida Democratic Party have opened a broadside media attack on Republican lawmakers who are trying to end teacher tenure in favor of a merit-pay system in an effort to beef up school quality without spending more.
By Catherine Whittenburg
Middle-school students would have to take a civics course -- and pass an end-of-course exam -- under a bill that passed the Florida House today.
By Paul Flemming
Rep. Greg Evers wants to stop any other school district in Florida from entering into the same kind of agreement Santa Rosa officials did to prohibit teacher participation in student-led prayer.
Editorial
Florida's GOP-controlled Legislature has local control of public schools in its gun sights this year.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Steve Bousquet
Some Florida job-creation advocates are upset over a Senate proposal to intensify oversight of regional workforce boards following lavish spending on meals and insider dealing by a handful of boards.
By Dara Kam
A personal data company that came under fire for a major breach of Florida government workers' data six years ago had its contract renewed with the state in December, just three months before it was sold to a British-based firm.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
Staff Report
A new TV ad from Americans for Prosperity, a group opposing the health reform bill, suggests that screening mammograms for women under 50 would be in jeopardy if the health reform bill passes...We rule this claim Pants on Fire!
Editorial
As the House heads toward a historic vote on health care reform as early as Sunday, all Florida Republicans remain opposed and all but two Democrats are firmly in support.
By Jamie Dupree
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson today urged a Senate committee to get involved in the investigation of cancer cases in The Acreage, using a hearing on children's health issues to tell his colleagues the story of the central Palm Beach County community.
By Marty Clear and Carol Gentry
Public health officials have determined that an outbreak of hepatitis C was caused by a "sloppy" nurse at a holistic medical clinic in Brandon.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By Martin Merzer
Noting that the courts are moving ``inevitably into the electronic age,'' the Florida Supreme Court adopted new rules Thursday intended to assure public access to court records.
By Pat Gillespie
Two local store owners are among 21 people charged by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in a food stamp fraud sweep.
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