FEATURED STORIES
By Michael C. Bender
As Gov. Charlie Crist decides whether to veto perhaps the most divisive education changes considered by Florida in a decade, he's also in a U.S. Senate Republican primary race where the latest poll today showed him down by a 2-1 margin.
By Steve Bousquet
As leader of a Tea Party group deep in the Florida Panhandle, Henry Kelley would appear to have nothing in common with a teachers union known as a loyal ally of the Democratic Party.
By Beth Reinhard
Related: Crist links Rubio to Sansom in new TV ad
Senate may put redistricting amendment on ballot in addition to FairDistricts group's
Palm Beach Post
Haridopolos spends less than $2,400 on party credit card amid GOP splurging
St. Petersburg Times
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
By Mary Ellen Klas
State prosecutors would get new tools to crack down on corrupt government officials who hide financial interests that result in private gain from their public jobs under a bill unanimously passed by a Senate committee Monday.
By Martin Merzer
Proponents say red-light traffic cameras save lives. Opponents call the devices Orwellian threats to freedom. The Florida Legislature is trying to map a route through the controversy.
By John Frank
A so-called "bailout" for the bail bond industry is dissolving into political gamesmanship as the legislation advances to the House floor.
POLITICAL RACES
Staff Report
The GOP challenger in today's special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler says he's banking on public disdain for President Barack Obama's health care bill and low congressional approval ratings to deliver an upset to his Democratic opponent, widely seen as the front-runner.
By Tom McLaughlin
A new state representative will be selected today to represent parts of Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties in House District 4.
By Anthony Man
Capitalizing on a rapid shift in the nation's political mood and striking an emotional chord with Florida Republicans, Marco Rubio has catapulted from challenger to front-runner in the Republican contest for U.S. Senate.
The Associated Press
President Barack Obama will cap a visit to the Kennedy Space Center this week with a pair of fundraisers for the Democratic National Committee, one of them at the home of pop stars Gloria and Emilio Estefan.
By David Damron
U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson continues to convert his fiery partisan rhetoric and populist political stands into big campaign dollars.
Editorial
There are 1.3 million new reasons why Gov. Charlie Crist did the right thing by vetoing a bill that would have allowed legislative leaders to re-establish their own political slush funds.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Howard Troxler
Should Florida repeal its long-standing ban on giving public dollars to religious institutions?
The Associated Press
A school voucher proposal the Florida Supreme Court took off the 2008 ballot has been revived in the Legislature.
EDUCATION
By Patricia Mazzei, Hannah Sampson and Kathleen McGrory
Related: Florida teachers union targets education bill
Educators tell Crist to veto merit pay
Tallahassee Democrat
Jeb Bush leads move to marginalize teachers union
Tampa Tribune
One special ed teacher's fears about SB 6
St. Petersburg Times
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Robert Trigaux
Funny how a common enemy can unite warring rivals.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Jim Ash
A House panel voted overwhelmingly Monday to put Medicaid reform on steroids, approving a massive overhaul that over the next five years would force the state's 2.7 million patients into some form of a managed care.
By Lloyd Dunkelberger
A House committee on Monday endorsed legislation that would dramatically reshape Florida's Medicaid program, moving the 2.7 million residents who rely on the health care program into a managed care system within the next five years.
By Jay Weaver
Ihosvany Marquez spent his Medicare millions on a fleet of luxury cars, authorities say, including a Lamborghini Murcielago with spaceship-like doors that cost $455,959.
By Carol Gentry
A Sarasota OB-GYN who was supposed to abort an abnormal fetus in a twin pregnancy but leave the normal one alone made the worst kind of mistake: He got the twins mixed up and injected a killing chemical into the healthy one.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Editorial
Since taking office in January of 2009, President Obama has done little to fulfill an explicit campaign promise to reform immigration laws ``in my first year as president.''
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
The Progress Report
On Friday, Justice John Paul Stevens, the longest-serving Supreme Court justice on the bench, announced that he would retire at the end of the term.
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