FEATURED STORIES
By Jeff Zeleny and Damien Cave
Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida, facing pressure from fellow Republicans to abandon his Senate campaign, said Monday that he would not allow party leaders in Washington to push him from the race and declared that he was considering running for the seat as an independent.
By Mary Ellen Klas
The race for governor has narrowed slightly, with Republican Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum ahead of Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, the Democrats' nominee, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.
By Gina Presson
As part of what supporters are calling the "Not in Our Name, Not on our Dime" campaign, Florida health care advocates will petition Attorney General Bill McCollum today to drop his federal lawsuit opposing the national health care reform law.
By Steve Bousquet
Negotiations on a new state budget picked up steam Monday as legislators sought common ground in hopes of bringing the 2010 session to a smooth conclusion late next week.
By Marc Caputo
Large HMOs will have more power than ever in Florida's growing Medicaid program under a health-reform package that cleared the House on Monday.
By Craig Pittman
Related: Saga of Florida panther is 'sordid story'
On a quiet spring morning two years ago, a sheriff's deputy cruised along a dark suburban street near Fort Myers. The deputy heard a thump, slammed on the brakes.
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
By Brent Kallestad
State lawmakers signed off on a 20-year deal with the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida on Monday that guarantees the state roughly $1.3 billion in the next five years.
By Dara Kam
After budget negotiations stalled this weekend because of a dispute over how to count $880 million in potential federal Medicaid aid, concessions by the Senate got lawmakers back on track Monday.
By Bill Cotterell
State employees and retirees scored a victory Monday as House leaders backed away from a hotly controversial plan that would have eliminated a health-insurance subsidy for thousands of retired state workers.
By Brandon Larrabee
He is technically the lowest-ranking senator in the state.
By Tonya Alanez
Seeking to stymie public officials who use their positions for financial gain, Broward State Attorney Mike Satz appeared Monday before a Senate committee to support tougher state corruption laws.
Staff Report
Gov. Charlie Crist's appointees to the powerful Public Service Commission face another Senate confirmation committee today.
By Richard Mullins
The days of legally texting while driving appear to be dwindling in Florida.
The Associated Press
A bill to reinstate parental waivers of liability against theme parks, go-cart tracks and other businesses that offer potentially harmful fun is up for final action in the Florida Legislature.
POLITICAL RACES
By Adam C. Smith and Beth Reinhard
With Gov. Charlie Crist facing a brutal Republican U.S. Senate primary or a full-blown party mutiny if he runs as an independent, prominent supporters are urging him to consider a third option: quitting altogether.
By William March
Related: Crist says he may make independent Senate run
Crist saga careens toward conclusion
Politico
Mitt Romney stumps with Marco Rubio in Tampa
St. Petersburg Times
Alex Sink in Tampa to tout economic plan as poll shows tight race
St. Petersburg Times
Kosmas' campaign war chest more than triples her closest rival
Orlando Sentinel
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Janet Stanko
In a recent editorial, The Times-Union proposed a "supermajority" vote on development-related land use changes as an alternative to Amendment 4/Florida Hometown Democracy and as a solution to the disaster taking place in Florida: our soaring taxes, plummeting property values and the devastation to Floridians' quality of life.
By Leon Russell
I have reviewed the proposed constitutional amendments regarding redistricting released by the Legislature last week.
Editorial
In a democracy, voters are supposed to pick politicians. In Florida, the political leadership wants it to keep working the other way.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Bruce Ritchie
The House on Monday did not include money for Florida Forever in its conference committee budget offer but it did offer $10 million for Everglades restoration.
By William Gibson
Three key senators have warned their colleagues not to consider sharing revenue from offshore oil drilling with states like Florida or Louisiana.
By David Fleshler
With Burmese pythons infesting the Everglades, the state wildlife commission turned to a formidable force to kill them: Florida's licensed hunters.
LGBT
By Kate Bradshaw
Activists from Topeka's controversial Westboro Baptist Church held several demonstrations throughout Florida this week.
EDUCATION
Staff Report
Florida teachers are "already paid $5,000 below the national average."
By Angeline J. Taylor
Officials at Florida's community colleges are holding out hope that budget talks among members of the state House and Senate will end with extra millions for two-year institutions.
By Daniel Shoer Roth
Miami-Dade public school students learned a lesson outside the classroom that will be useful for the rest of their lives.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Gina Jordan
There's been a lot of talk this session about tax credits and other subsidies to spur job growth and boost Florida's economy.
By Gina Presson
Record-breaking unemployment and skyrocketing food stamp enrollment are just symptoms of the growing number of Floridians falling below the poverty line.
By Robin Sussingham
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers and allied groups showed up in Publix's hometown of Lakeland this weekend to renew their call for Publix to spend an extra penny per pound for Florida tomatoes.
By Jim Ash
Struggling with a $3.2 billion budget shortfall and skyrocketing unemployment, House and Senate budget negotiators tentatively agreed today to spend $90 million on tax cuts and other incentives to kick-start the economy.
Editorial
Apparently, the Securities and Exchange Commission has found its missing whistle.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Aaron Deslatte
The Florida Legislature is racing to perform dramatic reconstructive surgery on the state's pricey Medicaid health insurance program for the poor and frail.
By Catherine Whittenburg
The House and Senate plan to start negotiating today over competing proposals to overhaul the state's $19 billion Medicaid program by outsourcing more of it to private companies.
Editorial
Nine years ago, as a result of an agreement reached by nursing home owners, insurers, trial lawyers, patient advocates and unions, Florida lawmakers passed elder care legislation that increased staffing standards in nursing homes.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
By William Gibson
Proponents of immigration reform suffered two setbacks since the congressional spring break.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By Alex Leary
Ray Sansom has again asked a judge to dismiss the criminal case against him, arguing grand theft charges are too broad to limit prosecutorial discretion.
By Michael D. Bates
The Hernando County Sheriff's Office has arrested Lawrence Pidrman, 66, of Spring Hill, for allegedly making a death threat over the phone last month against Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite.
By Lisa Marzilli
Little has been done by state leaders to deal with the disturbing fact that at least a dozen people since the 1980's have spent hundreds of years between them falsely imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.
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