FEATURED STORIES
By Marc Caputo and Steve Bousquet
Related editorial: The stench from Tallahassee
Crist, Seminole Tribe sign gambling deal that seems to offer winning hand for lawmakers
Palm Beach Post
Education bills head for Fla. House floor votes
Tampa Tribune
House proposes changes for health care
Tampa Tribune
Three Florida Democrats oppose offshore drilling
Miami Herald
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
By Cristina Silva
Separation of church and state is a celebrated American principle, but Republican lawmakers say Florida has too much of it.
By Richard Mullins
In Tampa, the Workforce Alliance is being investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for spending irregularities, while a senior official was recently fired, and the agency's president resigned after reports of extravagant spending of taxpayer dollars.
By Jim Ash
The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to jump-start the Florida film industry with a $55 million tax credit and to revive a popular, back-to-school sales-tax holiday.
By Robert Samuels
Continuing his perennial campaign against the Castro regime, Miami Republican Rep. David Rivera wants to prohibit the state from distributing a ``virtual stamp of approval'' on goods being exported from Florida to Cuba.
POLITICAL RACES
By Alex Leary
From as far back as Barry Goldwater in 1964, political candidates have risked backlash in Florida for suggesting changes to Social Security.
By Robert Lorei
Our guest on the first part of today's program is south Florida Congressman Kendrick Meek
Staff Report
First-quarter 2010 fundraising numbers are trickling in, although candidate reports aren't due until next week.
By David Hunt
Meet Heather Beaven. She's a Democrat gathering some steam in the race against incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Andy Reid
Land buying in the name of Everglades restoration already amassed more than 233,000 acres -- twice the size of Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Tampa combined.
By Bruce Ritchie
SB 550, dubbed the "mega-water bill" that includes springs protection measures, barely passed a Senate committee on Tuesday after development groups raised concerns about its septic tank requirements.
By Bruce Ritchie
The chairman of a key House council said Tuesday there is plenty of time in the legislative session to approve a bill that would reauthorize the Florida Department of Community Affairs.
By Bruce Ritchie
Florida's largest springs are ranked by the Florida Forever Coalition as the top-ranked state purchase area at risk for development.
By Jim Turner
U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, and two other Florida Democratic members of Congress, have sent a letter to President Obama objecting to his plans to allow drilling off the state's coastline.
By David Batt and Dave Rauschkolb
Florida is on the brink of decisions that could forever endanger our clean waters, our clean beaches and our valuable tourism-based economy.
By Scott Finn
In the long-running debate over offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, one question always comes up: how much oil and gas is really out there?
EDUCATION
By Marcia Lane
State Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, calls the teacher merit pay bill "a pretty positive piece of legislation," and as far as he's concerned there's no need to mend fences with St. Johns County educators, parents and School Board members who are angry they were not consulted beforehand about the monumental legislation.
By Karen Aronowitz
If you want children to be great test takers, support Senate Bill 6. If you want them to receive a quality education -- think again.
By Josh Hafenbrack and Leslie Postal
Florida is poised to become the first state in the nation to tie teacher pay to student test scores.
By Mark Woods
The state likes to point to a Jacksonville elementary school as a shining example of a successful turnaround.
By Amanda Nalley
The do-or-die mandate that high-school students pass the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test before they graduate may become a thing of the past.
By Hannah Sampson
Hoping to educate students to not look foolish if quizzed by a talk show host, Florida lawmakers are poised to enact a law that would force kids to pass a middle school civics test in order to get to high school.
By Ron Word
A bill that could have given the University of Florida its first official flagship ranking had the term flagship removed from its language when its Senate sponsor changed the bill allowing other universities to seek the status of being an elite university.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Mary Ellen Klas
Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders announced their $1 billion gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe on Tuesday, saying the long-sought agreement would inject needed cash into Florida's budget and free the tribe to create jobs as it expands its gambling empire.
By Kevin Bouffard
Florida citrus growers already struggling with the costs of controlling the fatal citrus greening disease face a new economic threat from black spot, a fungal disease discovered last month in Immokalee.
By Abel Harding
Looking for a job? Florida's junior Senator is looking to help out.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Jim Saunders
Seeking dramatic changes in Florida's Medicaid program, House leaders late Monday released a proposal that would require almost all beneficiaries statewide to enroll in managed-care plans --- including seniors who need long-term care.
By Sean Kinane
The new health care reform law signed last month will not cover all Americans. But one large group will get some relief
By Bill Cotterell
U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd defended his health-care vote and called for honest debate of the new law Tuesday.
The Associated Press
The Florida Legislature is getting a breath of fresh air.
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