FEATURED STORIES
By Jeffrey S. Solochek, Ron Matus and Rebecca Catalanello
Related editorial: An arrogant attempt to reform schools
After 8 hours of debate, House OKs bill abolishing tenure; bill now goes to Crist
Tampa Tribune
New class-size amendment clears state House; will be on November ballot
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Crist: I'm running as a Republican. Period.
Orlando Sentinel
Florida GOP taps Enron auditor to review party finances
Orlando Sentinel
BEST OF THE BLOGS
By Steve Schale
Related: For and Against Crist the NPA
By Joy Reid
The Reid Report
By Geniusofdespair
Eye on Miami
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
By Bill Cotterell
After three years of negotiation, court action and legislative debate, a casino-gambling compact between Florida government and the Seminole Tribe looks like a safe bet.
By Mary Ellen Klas
The state's $1 billion gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe easily scaled its first legislative hurdle Thursday as lawmakers disregarded warnings from Christian groups and rival horse and dog tracks that the measure would be bad for the state.
By Steve Bousquet
Florida's nine regional children's services boards on Thursday narrowly survived what they saw as a grave threat: a plan to ask voters every six years whether to renew the tax-assisted boards or abolish them.
By Lee Logan and Steve Bousquet
Three members of the board that runs Citrus County's largest hospital held a private meeting this week with a state lawmaker about legislation that would overhaul the hospital's governing structure.
POLITICAL RACES
The Associated Press
Democrat Kendrick Meek is the first U.S. Senate candidate in state history to qualify for the ballot by petition.
By Gary Fineout
Behind in the polls and marginalized by the GOP-controlled Legislature, Gov. Charlie Crist this week turned back to the populist tone that has defined his time in office.
By William March
Amid persistent talk that he might switch to an independent Senate campaign - and indications he was making plans to leave that option open -- Gov. Charlie Crist issued a statement Thursday flatly denying it.
By E.J. Dionne
It was precisely the sort of event that Gov. Charlie Crist loves: a nonpartisan, non-ideological chance to boost Florida, its people and its weather.
By Kameel Stanley
Gov. Charlie Crist played teacher in his hometown Thursday night, speaking to a politics and government class at USF St. Petersburg.
Adam C. Smith and Beth Reinhard
Trailing in the polls and facing widespread doubts about the visibility and effectiveness of her gubernatorial campaign, Alex Sink is shaking up her team.
By Will Hobson
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink visited Bay County on Thursday, stopping to meet supporters in Panama City before talking with local business leaders at the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport.
By Jim Turner
U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, said he will continue to fund-raise and campaign as he expects the Democrats will find a candidate to challenge him before the end of the month.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By John Frank
A GOP effort to change the Florida Constitution to thwart President Barack Obama's health care overhaul hit a roadblock Thursday amid questions about its constitutionality.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Bruce Ritchie
Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday told a rally at the Capitol that the state's land-buying program is critical to the Florida's tourism economy.
Staff Report
An 18,000 gallon spill of crude oil from a pipeline into the Delta National Wildlife Refuge has personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard, the state of Louisiana, and the Cypress Pipe Line Company scrambling to contain the spreading mess.
By Bruce Ritchie
A recycling bill that was described by its sponsor as being on life support two weeks ago has found new life in a proposed committee bill.
By Wayne T. Price
The solar energy center at the Kennedy Space Center could -- and should -- be one of many throughout Florida, Florida Power & Light President and Chief Executive Officer Armando Olivera said Thursday.
Editorial
U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno seemingly dealt a significant setback to Gov. Crist's plan to buy U.S. Sugar land for Everglades restoration.
LGBT
By Emily Nipps
A fundamentalist antigay church is planning to visit Tampa to protest a church, a rock concert and a handful of schools this month.
EDUCATION
By Josh Hafenbrack and Leslie Postal
The Florida House passed a landmark teacher merit-pay bill early this morning that aims to put the state at the forefront of a controversial national push to tie teacher compensation to student performance.
By Bill Cotterell
The Florida House argued into the early hours Friday before approving a plan to end teacher tenure and require county school boards to give performance pay to good instructors and pink slips to bad ones.
By Lloyd Dunkelberger
Gov. Charlie Crist will soon decide the fate of some of the biggest -- and most controversial -- changes ever envisioned for Florida schools.
By Eric Ernst
A teacher's husband called the other day. He wanted to complain about some of the so-called education reforms making the rounds in Tallahassee these days.
By Hannah Sampson
The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday passed a law that requires students to take more advanced math and science courses in order to graduate, sending the bill to Gov. Charlie Crist for his signature.
Staff Report
Florida's state colleges could see more students next fall, but little money to cover that increase.
By Thomas Stewart
The Florida Department of Education has told the University of Florida it won't be getting any more money for Bright Futures scholarships this semester, forcing officials to find $160,000 to cover the remainder owed to students, according to UF officials.
Editorial
Nearing the end of his term, Gov. Charlie Crist won't leave much behind by way of a lasting legacy.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Mark K. Matthews and Robert Block
NASA officials announced Thursday that Kennedy Space Center would manage the agency's new effort to fly astronauts aboard commercial rockets, although it's unclear how many jobs the proposed $5.8 billion program would generate in Florida.
By Aaron Kessler
In a landmark ruling on contaminated Chinese drywall, a federal judge in New Orleans awarded $2.6 million in damages Thursday to the owners of seven Virginia homes ruined by the tainted wallboard.
Editorial
Nearly three years ago Gov. Charlie Crist made a compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida that would give taxpayers a cut of gambling profits while, at the same time, preventing the spread of new casinos. The Florida Supreme Court killed the deal.
Editorial
To avoid a political hurricane over property insurance premiums, Florida elected officials have opted to keep insurance rates artificially low while piling more and more of the risk on the state-owned Citizens Property Insurance and the Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Jim Saunders
An effort to exempt Floridians from a key part of the new federal health-reform law stalled in the state House today after a powerful chairman raised concerns about its constitutionality.
By Jim Saunders
When House leaders released a proposal this week to overhaul Florida's Medicaid program, it spanned 183 pages and two bills.
By Cynthia Washam
In what may be the first lawsuit of its type, a Chicago father accuses one of Florida's busiest autism specialists of harming his son with intravenous treatments the medical establishment considers risky and useless.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By Dara Kam
A decades-old scandal in which a Wisconsin priest is accused of molesting more than 200 deaf boys could be the saving grace for a proposed change to Florida law that the Catholic Church has fought for six years and is still fighting.
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