FEATURED STORIES
By Michael C. Bender
Public school teachers packed a Florida House hearing today hoping to flunk a Republican proposal that would overhaul how the state gives annual raises to its 175,000 educators.
By Cristina Silva and Hannah Sampson
Related: Politifact: Sorting out the truth in politics: GOP schools plan an `unfunded mandate'?
In Tallahassee today, Crist must act on leadership funds bill
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Gov. Charlie Crist must decide Tuesday whether to sign into law a bill that would allow a few legislators to create powerful new fundraising machines known as leadership funds to influence future election cycles.
By John Frank and Adam C. Smith
Related AP story: Crist asks feds to separately investigate Fla. GOP
Florida GOP: A party out of control
Orlando Sentinel
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
By Shannon Behnken
A controversial bill in the Legislature would speed up foreclosures in Florida and remove the process from the court system.
Staff Report
Rep. Bill Galvano, who led House negotiations with the Seminole Tribe for a gambling revenue sharing deal, said Monday that lawmakers and the tribe have tentatively reached a deal that would put $435 million to $438 million in the budget that would go into effect July 1.
POLITICAL RACES
By Adam Beasley
Former New York City Mayor and GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Monday endorsed Marco Rubio in his U.S. Senate Republican primary race against Gov. Charlie Crist.
By Janet Begley
While the first primary contest of the 2012 presidential race is still two years away, former Massachusetts governor and Republican Mitt Romney is already sounding like a candidate.
By Gary Reese
Interesting new research gives evidence that the national tea party movement may be both more and less than its sometimes portrayal as a fringe group of repressed Timothy McVeighs.
By Jim Turner
Marco Rubio, ahead in the Republican U.S. senatorial campaign, will be the keynote speaker at the Indian River Tea Party's post-Tax Day rally, according to the local group.
By Matt Dixon
Through 19 companies he controls, a Ponte Vedra Beach businessman who holds a controversial state printing contract has given nearly $370,000 in campaign contributions over the past decade, a Times-Union analysis has found.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Deborah Buckhalter
The Jackson County Commission is expected next week to consider a resolution that, if passed, would urge citizens to vote against the proposed Amendment 4.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Glen Gardner
Those hoping to preserve quickly-vanishing wildlife habitat in Florida will be delivering a message at the State Capitol Wednesday, centering on the Forever Florida program, which is the largest land-buying program in the country.
By Alex Leary
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, today sent a letter to President Obama objecting to his plan for more offshore oil drilling in Florida, saying the area is "too special" to risk environmental damage.
EDUCATION
By Lloyd Dunkelberger
With new questions being raised over the cost of the reforms, a House council on Monday endorsed a controversial teacher pay bill after more than six hours of testimony, including opposition from dozens of teachers from around the state.
By Bill Cotterell
A plan to base raises on student performance and make it easier to fire bad teachers won party-line approval Monday in a key House committee.
By Katie Tammen
Democrat Jan Fernald and Republican Matt Gaetz may not see eye-to-eye on every issue, but both said they would vote against a proposal currently under discussion in the Legislature to overhaul how teachers are evaluated.
By TaMaryn Waters
Early learning coalitions statewide are breathing a bit easier in the fight against state budget cuts, but funding for Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten programs remains uncertain.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Jim Ash
Florida is one major hurricane from financial ruin, insurance companies need more freedom to raise rates, and lawmakers need to rein in Citizen's Property Insurance, the state-run behemoth that has become the largest property insurer in the state.
By Martha Brannigan
John Kanas was at breakfast at the Four Seasons on Brickell Avenue recently when he bumped into Daniel Healy, his former right-hand man who had helped him build a big, profitable New York bank that sold for a princely sum.
By Diane C. Lade
Friday, April 16, is opening day for Florida's cash-for-appliances rebate program.
By Abel Harding
The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences says some areas of rural land in Florida lost as much as half of their value in 2008.
The Progress Report
Last week, the Labor Department announced the good news that the U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in March, "the most created in nearly three years."
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By John Kennedy
The House will unveil a wide-ranging, multi-year effort Tuesday to revamp Florida's costly Medicaid program -- a plan that surpasses the Senate's already ambitious approach to expand managed-care coverage for low-income Floridians, according to those familiar with the proposal.
By Stephen Hudak
Dr. Jack Cassell, the urologist who sparked a national debate about medical ethics and politics with a message on his office door - "If you voted for Obama...seek urologic care elsewhere" - figured his small orange sign might stir passions among his patients, but he didn't anticipate a national media storm.
By Jeremy Cox
You don't have to look far to find someone who will be impacted by the new health care reform law.
By Anthony Man
Outside, hundreds of people gathered for democracy YouTube style -- with shouting and hostility from dueling camps.
By Nathan Crabbe
Former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist gave a more favorable review to federal health care reform Monday than his old Republican colleagues, saying the legislation was 80 percent positive but the rest negative for failing to reverse rising costs.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Editorial
The many freedoms Americans enjoy came with a lot of pain over the years.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By James A. Jones Jr.
Florida clerks of circuit courts are warning that a proposed $23 million slash in their state funding will make it difficult to do their jobs, keep the public waiting much longer and hit hard through the judicial system.
By Bill Cotterell
The Florida Supreme Court adheres to tradition, with its black robes and Latin motto and tall columns, but even the law has to keep up with the times.
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