FEATURED STORIES
By Harry R. Weber and Tamara Lush
A mission to the bottom of the sea to try to avert a wider environmental disaster progressed early Friday as crews said a 100-ton concrete-and-steel box was close to being placed over a blown-out well on the Gulf floor in an unprecedented attempt to capture gushing oil.
By Paul Flemming
Related: Democrats seize on oil drilling as campaign issue
Related: Fla. officials to make decisions on local response
Related: Oil-spill threat to Apalachicola seafood industry still uncertain
Crist eyes special session to put drilling ban on November ballot
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Gov. Charlie Crist feeling pressure on abortion bill
Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times Tallahassee Bureau
Fla. Sen. candidate Rubio now thinks Ariz. law OK
The Associated Press
BEST OF THE BLOGS
By Beach Blogger
Five of us gathered yesterday on Pensacola Beach, feeling much as one of our friends described -- like Roman citizens who are utterly powerless to stop the Gothic onslaught.
By Ray Seaman
There's been a lot of talk in Florida about education funding (and the lack thereof), most recently focusing on the federal government's "Race to the Top" (RTTT) $4 billion grant program.
By Inkberries
Normal Florida weather returned today and people were once again out enjoying the sun and the beach.
By Trish Ponder
Coming out of the closet and admitting who he really is has made Gov. Charlie Crist more popular.
By Gimleteye
Maybe this is the first effect of the Deepwater Horizon disaster: forcing Floridians to take a close look in the mirror and wonder: have I really been combing tar balls into my hair all these years?
FLORIDA POLITICS
By Stephen Goldstein
Whatever positives about Florida Kingsley the Misguided may believe, our best years are behind us and our future is dismal -- unless the November election changes the political landscape.
By Cristina Silva
From every angle, a ban on bestiality, long pushed by state prosecutors and animal rights activists, seemed poised to finally become law this year, with Republicans and Democrats in both chambers of the Florida Legislature joining forces to push it through.
POLITICAL RACES
By Bill Cotterell
Grabbing the media spotlight by leaving the Republican Party gave Gov. Charlie Crist a bounce in the U.S. Senate race -- but his lead may be a "house of cards," according to a poll released Thursday.
By Beth Reinhard
Gov. Charlie Crist holds an early lead as an independent candidate in the U.S. Senate race, but his edge is a "proverbial house of cards," according to a new poll, because support from Democratic and black voters is unlikely to hold up through the Nov. 2 election.
By David M. Drucker
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) on Thursday predicted the three-way race for Senate in the Sunshine State would boil down to a contest between Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) and Gov. Charlie Crist, who last week defected from the GOP to run as an Independent.
By David Hunt
State Attorney General Bill McCollum has tapped Northeast Florida's Republican leadership in an effort to go after the black vote in the governor's race.
By Adam C. Smith
You may be wondering about that bald guy, Rick Scott, who keeps popping up on TV talking about getting elected governor of Florida.
By David Hunt
Scott Fortune said he might not be able to out-politick U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, but he's confident he can out-legislate her.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Dale White
In a raucous debate Thursday that showed how divisive the issue has become, a proponent and an opponent of Amendment 4 blasted each other over the growth management measure.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Michael Peltier
Faced with the potential loss of millions of dollars and Florida's "sand-between your toes" reputation, Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday he'd consider calling lawmakers back to put an offshore drilling ban into the Florida Constitution.
By Steve Newborn
Only a fraction of the oil coming out of the Gulf gusher is visible on the surface.
By Bruce Ritchie
An environmental author told an environmental summit in Tallahassee Thursday that the spreading oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is only the most visible aspect of the nation's dependence on fossil fuels.
The Associated Press
Florida's two top incoming legislative leaders say there will be no discussion of offshore oil drilling in the 2011 session and perhaps for years to come.
By Dan DeWitt
The Florida Department of Community Affairs is good at telling developers how their plans to build subdivisions out in the country -- think of Hickory Hill and the Quarry Preserve -- can cause sprawl, clog roads and destroy the environment.
Editorial
When the Florida Public Service Commission broke with tradition last summer and rejected big rate hikes for the state's two largest power companies, it was hailed as historic because no one could remember the last time the PSC had turned down the utilities.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Kevin Spear
With forecasters calling for just a few clouds, a high near 80 degrees, and a monster oil slick still far from the state's beaches, Florida tourism officials sought Thursday to avert a different kind of coastal disaster, this one marked by vacant hotels, idle charter-fishing boats and empty restaurants.
By Gina Presson
A new report from the AFL-CIO lists Florida as one of the twenty safest states for workers, but among the leaders in on-the-job accidents, with 291 fatalities and 210,000 injuries in 2008.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Halle Stockton
As other regions in the state crack down on pain clinics that dole out high quantities of powerful narcotics, local governments and health groups fear Southwest Florida could become their next stop.
By Bob LaMendola
Tens of thousands of South Florida seniors are passing up as much as $3,900 a year in Medicare help paying for their prescription drugs because they are eligible but have not applied.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
By Ben Smith
Marco Rubio now says he backs Arizona's controversial immigration law, after changes aimed at somewhat limiting the circumstances in which people can be asked for immigration papers, but leaving the central thrust of putting immigration enforcement in the hands of local authorities.
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