PROGRESS FLORIDA IN THE NEWS
Not In Our Name, Not On Our Dime
By Jan Hollingsworth
Progress Florida is asking Floridians to add their name to a letter telling state Attorney General Bill McCollum to abandon his efforts to derail a health care law passed last week by Congress. "We launched the Not In Our Name, Not On Our Dime campaign because many Floridians are outraged that the office of Attorney General is being used for political grandstanding and partisan pandering," said Progress Florida Executive Director Mark Ferrulo.
By Luli Lelis
Excerpt: The opposition already counts at least 55 cities, counties and Chambers of Commerce on its side, according to the organization, Progress Florida. You can see who is opposed to the measure based on this map, designed by the group.
FEATURED STORIES
By Ron Matus and Jeffrey S. Solochek
Related editorial: Lessons from Florida's failed school grant application
Kendall Meek turns in petitions to get on Florida ballot
Miami Herald
Poll: McCollum widens his lead
Tallahassee Democrat
Wyden: Health Care Lawsuits Moot, States Can Opt Out Of Mandate
Huffington Post
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
By Ron Word
Three controversial bills that would have made sweeping changes to the state's employee retirement system are dead or dying, according to those familiar with the legislation.
By Catherine Whittenburg
Florida's corrections chief warned Monday that the Senate's plan to cut prison guard jobs and privatize others could force the release more than 2,500 prisoners before their sentences are up.
By Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster
A bill moving through the Florida Senate has reignited the debate over who gets to keep the interest on money invested by Clerk of Courts offices.
By Janet Zink
Fanfare, flags and a marching band greeted the team selecting the site for the 2012 Republican National Convention during a tour of Tampa hot spots Monday.
By Marc Caputo
Attorney General Bill McCollum's decision to sue the federal government over health care reform looks like a political winner, according to a new poll showing that he has widened his lead over state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink in the race for governor.
By Chris Cillizza
The nationally televised debate between Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and former state House Speaker Marco Rubio on Sunday made clear that the Republican Senate primary is going to be a knockdown, drag-out brawl between now and, gulp, August 24.
Staff Report
Down in the polls in his quest to become a U.S. senator from Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist wasted no time attacking primary opponent Marco Rubio in a nationally televised debate on FOX News Sunday.
Staff Report
In their first U.S. Senate primary debate broadcast on FOX News Sunday, former state House speaker Marco Rubio continued to bash Gov. Charlie Crist's conservative credentials.
By Howard Troxler
GOV. CRIST: ... and so my opponent, Speaker Rubio, ran up a bunch of credit-card charges and raised a lot of money and got haircuts and back waxes and who knows what else.
By Adam C. Smith
State Sens. Dave Aronberg and Dan Gelber are fighting each other for the Democratic nomination for Florida attorney general, but sounded Monday more like they were fighting against outgoing Attorney General Bill McCollum.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Andrew Dickman
Florida's 1985 Growth Management Act was a promise to all Floridians that they would have a fair say in decisions about the future of their communities.
By Abel Harding
Carl Hiaasen, the legendary Miami Herald columnist, has endorsed the Florida Hometown Democracy Amendment, more commonly known as Amendment 4.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Michael C. Bender
Club For Growth Action released a radio ad today that criticizes Gov. Charlie Crist for his plan to buy U.S. Sugar land in the name of Everglades restoration. Club for Growth PAC has endorsed Crist's Republican U.S. Senate primary rival, Marco Rubio.
Editorial
The state of Florida's most important agency in the effort to properly manage growth is under scrutiny. Again.
LGBT
By Sally Kestin
A Pompano Beach drag queen who lost his nursing job last month over a minor arrest 34 years ago can return to his longtime career caring for the elderly.
EDUCATION
By Kevin D. Thompson
In a somewhat surprising decision, Florida today lost out on the more than $1 billion it had sought from the federal Race to the Top education grant program, an Obama administration initiative to reward states for pursuing aggressive school reform.
By Leslie Postal
Florida education leaders, stung in their attempt to win $1 billion in education-reform money, will try again even as lawmakers, business leaders and union officials blame each other for being passed over Monday for the historic federal grant.
By Jennifer Leigh
Polk County teachers are joining the ranks of thousands of other educators around Florida who oppose state House and Senate bills that would essentially overhaul the way teachers get paid, tying compensation to student testing.
By Megan Downs
Brevard Public Schools stands to lose $10 million to $12 million in state funding next year, far less than the $30 million projected a month ago.
By Steve Bousquet and Cristina Silva
The University of South Florida will get $10 million in the next budget to launch a pharmacy degree program, but the money comes with a parochial twist.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Jim Ash
Fighting to save the industry that has sustained them for generations, protesters in the tiny North Florida town of Sneads will gather today to rail against a Senate proposal to save $20 million by closing at least one state prison and privatize others.
By Jeff Weiner and Diane C. Lade
A rebate program known as a "cash for clunkers" for most household appliances starts soon in Florida, but folks who want to take advantage of it had better move quickly.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Anne Geggis
Sean McNeil At few times in history have the perils and possibilities seemed as extreme as in last week's overhaul of the nation's health care system.
By Pat Beall
John Shea did his own laundry. He must have suspected, says his widow, Carol. He wouldn't let her touch his clothes.
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