FEATURED STORIES
By Carlton Proctor
Related: On beach, doom begins to set in as oil spill moves in
Hopes were dashed late Monday that BP had managed to reduce the massive flow of oil from its damaged rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
By Marc Caputo
Related: Glimmer of progress to stem leaks as oil spill spreads
With an oil slick and tar balls just 50 miles offshore, Florida's top environmental official and attorney general say the state is bracing for pollution and damage to hit the state's beaches and its oyster, bait and sport fisheries.
By Bill Kaczor
Gov. Charlie Crist is disappointed Florida's lawmakers failed to pass anti-corruption measures, which were among his top priorities, but said Monday that he hasn't yet decided whether to call them into special session on that and possibly other issues.
By Gary Fineout
Gov. Charlie Crist conceded on NBC on Sunday that he has an "uphill battle" to win the U.S. Senate race as an independent.
By Jake Fuller
The timing of Gov. Charlie Crist's declaration of independence could not have been better.
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
By John Frank
The veto watch began Monday for an industry-backed insurance bill that received limited vetting as it won approval in the final moments of the legislative session.
By Leonora LaPeter Anton
The night before Orlando Rep. Scott Randolph told his painful story of losing an unborn child, he sat down at his apartment in Tallahassee to figure out what he would say.
By Marc Caputo
During debate Thursday, a new Capitol Web outfit called the Sunshine State News captured video images of Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, looking at what appeared to be a Girls-Gone-Wild-type of photo on his computer.
The good bills they passed (no, really)
St. Petersburg Times
Editorial
Gainesville Sun
POLITICAL RACES
By Mary Ellen Klas
The political rallying cry is no longer drill, baby, drill. It's spill, baby, spill.
By Ben Geman
Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) is pressing his opponents in the Florida Senate race to back a moratorium on new oil-and-gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, a gambit that underscores how quickly the worsening Gulf oil spill is becoming a factor in political battles.
By William March
In moves further declaring his independence from the Republican Party and establishment politics, Gov. Charlie Crist will move his Senate campaign headquarters from Tallahassee to St. Petersburg and change his voter registration from Republican to no-party.
By Aaron Sharockman
Republican candidate for governor and Attorney General Bill McCollum says he always favored transparency when it comes to answering questions about the Republican Party of Florida's financial problems.
By Matt Dixon
Chris Nwasike, newly qualified Republican candidate for Congress, picked a unique way to introduce himself to his opponent, Corrine Brown.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Lisa Marzilli
Voters get ready: another state constitutional amendment is headed for the crowded November ballot.
By Gina Presson
As disaster teams prepare for oil to reach the Florida coast from the massive Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf, the Florida Wildlife Federation wants the state to consider a constitutional amendment to ban drilling in all Florida waters.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By John M. Broder and Tom Zeller Jr.
Related: Weather Hampers Efforts to Burn Some of Oil Spill
Related column: Drilling, Disaster, Denial
Florida officials say spill response too clumsy
Palm Beach Post
BP officials may be hampering Florida's ability to protect fragile coastal ecosystems from the impact of what could be the worst oil spill in the nation's history, state officials said Monday.
By Paul Flemming and Jennifer Portman
Gov. Charlie Crist, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum Tuesday morning will visit Pensacola, Mobile, Ala., and fly over the Gulf oil slick menacing Florida's shores.
By Kathleen Haughney
Gov. Charlie Crist declared the issue of drilling off the Florida coast effectively dead Monday as he monitored the latest news surrounding an oil spill caused by an explosion on a BP rig last month.
By Kevin Spear and Sara Clarke
The huge oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico remained well away from Florida's Panhandle on Monday, but the region's tourism-based economy already is taking a hit that many fear will be worse than Hurricane Ivan in 2004 or the recent global recession.
By Bruce Ritchie
Gov. Charlie Crist said the Gulf oil spill provides a clear message about the need for renewable energy and he hinted that the topic could be included in a special session of the Legislature.
Progress Report
Twelve days ago, an oil rig owned by energy giant BP exploded, killing eleven workers, and causing an oil leak that has continued ever since, spilling up to one million gallons of oil a day into the waters off the Gulf Coast.
By Dinah Voyles Pulver
A bill passed by the Florida Legislature in the waning days of the session that ended Friday could have far-reaching impacts for the state's groundwater supplies and millions of septic tank owners across the state.
By Andy Reid
State regulators and developers of an "inland port" reached a settlement that would move the proposed industrial distribution center farther away from areas eyed for Everglades restoration.
EDUCATION
Editorial
The Legislature wrapped up its 60-day session pretending that all is well with public-schools funding.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By James Hudson
The leaking underwater oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is pumping out over a million gallons of crude per week.
By Marcia Heroux Pounds
Nearly 142,000 Florida residents have exhausted all their state and federal emergency unemployment benefits, though about 80,000 could qualify for extended benefits recently passed by the Florida Legislature, the state work force agency said Monday.
By Tom Bayles
Moves by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to ease lending restrictions in the Sunshine State are giving those who want to own and occupy condos an opportunity to buy tens of thousands of units previously off-limits to nearly everyone except cash-rich investors.
By Harriet Johnson Brackey
South Floridians who want to speak to Florida's attorney general about foreclosure problems or loan modifications or mortgage fraud can do it in person this weekend.
By Alfonso Chardy
Several members of the U.S. House of Representatives held a field hearing Monday in Miami to review national high-speed rail plans, including Florida's project to build a high-speed line between Miami and Tampa via Orlando partly funded by Obama administration stimulus money.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By John Dorschner
A team of Jackson employees processes crucial Medicaid applications while an outside firm earns millions doing the same work, according to a former group supervisor, whose story is backed up by a Medicaid official.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
By Bill Cotterell and Jennifer Portman
The state may not prohibit irate citizens from publishing a police officer's home address, phone number and other personal data on the Internet, a federal judge ruled in a Tallahassee case.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By Pat Gillespie
A bill awaiting Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's signature will give child sex abuse victims younger than 16 no time limits to pursue civil or criminal action.
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