FEATURED STORIES
The Associated Press
Related: As oil blob triples in size, Florida fears nightmare
Related editorial: It just takes one disaster
With Crist waving his veto pen, lawmakers end 2010 session
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
The Florida Legislature concluded the 2010 session Friday with a tense, polarizing debate over abortion and fresh signs of Gov. Charlie Crist's willingness to criticize Republicans he once considered allies.
By John Frank
In remarkable political theater during the waning hours of the legislative session, House Republicans rammed through a measure Friday to require women seeking an abortion to pay for an ultrasound and hear a doctor give a description of the fetus.
By Jeremy Wallace
Thanks to Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek now has a chance.
By Gary Fineout
Florida voters this fall will be asked to sort out just what kind of rules that state legislators must follow when they draw new districts for Congress and the Legislature.
The Associated Press
Angered by a controversial Arizona immigration law, tens of thousands of protesters rallied in cities nationwide demanding President Barack Obama tackle immigration reform immediately.
EDITORIAL CARTOON OF THE WEEK
Miami Herald
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
By Jim Ash and Bill Cotterell
Related editorial: Session aftermath
A session assessment: For conservatives and for Crist
Palm Beach Post
Related: Fla. legislation that failed or was vetoed in 2010
Emotion stirs Florida lawmakers as final debates close session
Florida Times-Union
Legislature Takes a Turn to The Right
Lakeland Ledger
'Corruption-county' bill heads to Gov. Crist
Palm Beach Post
Florida Senate votes to ban sex offenders from loitering near schools, parks
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
POLITICAL RACES
By Jim Stratton
Related: Crist - and his veto pen - still have friends in Florida politics
By Bill Cotterell
Tallahassee Democrat
Contenders in 3-way Senate race all have shot at win
Tampa Tribune
Charlie CristThis year's race for Florida's open U.S. Senate seat will confound the normal political wisdom on how to win a Florida election.
The Associated Press
The Republican infighting over Florida's Senate seat that drove Gov. Charlie Crist to ditch the GOP is giving an underdog Democrat a realistic shot at pulling off an upset in the fall.
By Beth Reinhard and Adam C. Smith
Related: LeMieux abandons Crist over nonpartisan bid
Related column: If it's Rubio vs. Obama, it's Crist vs. the Legislature
A liberated Crist hits Senate trail on his own
The Associated Press
By Gary Fineout
Florida Tribune
Rubio tempers his support for oil drilling in the Gulf
St. Petersburg Times
Billionaire `outsider' throws hat into Senate race
Miami Herald
Billionaire Jeff Greene Will Face a Slew of Attacks in Florida's Senate Race
The Atlantic
Era of self-financed millionaire candidates begins in Florida
St. Petersburg Times
Florida elections official Kurt Browning resigns
Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times Tallahassee Bureau
Painting of Crist from state GOP headquarters to hit eBay
Tampa Tribune
13 'no party affiliate' hopefuls qualify for Congressional races
Tallahassee Democrat
Lively House races on the ballot
Miami Herald
Hernando sheriff to seek congressional seat as Ginny Brown-Waite bows out
St. Petersburg Times
U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite announced Friday that health problems are forcing her to drop her re-election bid for the seat she has held for eight years.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Marc Caputo
When voters head to the polls Nov. 2, they'll be judging the handiwork of the Republican-led Legislature: six proposed constitutional amendments and one straw poll.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Kimberly Miller
There is a sense of foreboding here, of sadness, and of anger, as residents of this breezy Panhandle town come to grips with what is headed their way.
Oil spill: People gather on Pensacola beach with sadness, dread
Orlando Sentinel
Lifeguard stations flew red flags as the muddy Gulf of Mexico roiled with the color of coffee and milk Sunday, too dangerous to swim in. And yet the beach was packed and the mood was mournful and unforgiving.
The Associated Press
President Barack Obama is trying to reassure fishermen and others on the Gulf Coast that the government is doing all it can as masses of oil from a pipeline rupture endanger fisheries, oyster beds and beaches.
By Campbell Robertson and Henry Fountain
President Barack Obama visited Louisiana on Sunday afternoon for a firsthand look at the response effort to an oil spill that he called a "potentially unprecedented environmental disaster," while officials for BP described in detail for the first time their desperate efforts to seal the gushing well.
By Melissa Nelson
The attorneys general from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas want BP PLC to sign an agreement spelling out exactly what "legitimate expenses" they'll cover from the spill.
The Progress Report
On Tuesday, a sudden explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig, located 40 miles off the shore in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers.
By Bruce Ritchie
Retired state biologist Jim Stevenson recalls springs research in 2002 that led to some interesting results for a Columbia County homeowner and for elementary school children.
By Bruce Ritchie
A bill that provides a path for the state towards reaching a 75-percent recycling goal by 2020 was adopted by the Legislature Friday and is being sent to the governor.
By Bruce Ritchie
A bill that supporters said would establish an innovative renewable energy program in Florida passed the Legislature, but another bill that would have encouraged utilities to buy more renewable energy failed.
Editorial
Palm Beach Post
Editorial
Orlando Sentinel
EDUCATION
By Patricia Mazzei
State lawmakers have boasted that their education budget holds public school funding steady -- but don't tell that to leaders in the Miami-Dade and Broward school districts who are scrambling to avoid millions in painful cuts.
By Sherri Ackerman
Voters will decide in November whether to pass an amendment loosening new class-size restrictions in public schools.
Editorial
It's not like there is a silver bullet solution to the cuts facing teachers and school staffs.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Mary Ellen Klas
The oil rig explosion that threatens the Gulf of Mexico also rocked the carefully crafted agenda of the Florida Legislature's incoming leaders.
By Catherine Whittenburg
They boosted funds for higher education, but hiked tuition to do it.
By Bill Cotterell
State employees won't face massive layoffs or salary reductions under the $70 billion budget Florida lawmakers approved on the final day of the legislative session.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Fred Tasker
Gov. Charlie Crist will leave it to President Barack Obama's administration to run the federally subsidized high-risk health insurance plan that is to cover people unable to buy such insurance in the private market due to pre-existing conditions such as cancer or diabetes.
By Fernando Quintero
The high cost of prescription drugs has left many Central Floridians scrambling for ways to afford their medications. But for Anita Prager of Apopka, cheaper meds are just a mouse click away.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
By Christina Veiga
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