FEATURED STORIES
By Jennifer Lebovich and Carol Rosenberg
Related AP story: With each look at oil flow, the numbers get worse
Brown gooey oil slopped into the Perdido Pass and an oil sheen burst into the Pensacola Pass on Thursday, the first confirmed invasion of oil from the Deepwater Horizon.
By Steve Bousquet and Lee Logan
It's no longer far-fetched: Florida Gov. Rick Scott and U.S. Sen. Jeff Greene.
By Barry Estabrook
Leaning on her cane, Linda Lee matter-of-factly listed her medical conditions: diabetes, lupus, high blood pressure, emphysema, and arthritis.
BEST OF THE BLOGS
By Julie Hauserman
To see how in bed oil drillers are with our government, look no further than Florida's Capitol. Gov. Charlie Crist appointed an oil driller lobbyist to head a team that's advising the state on its legal options in the BP oil spill disaster.
By Gimleteye
If GOP Bill McCollum is elected governor of Florida, then George Rekers, the gay-hating expert who Attorney General McCollum paid $120,000 through taxpayer dollars to hound gays who want to be adoptive parents might be appointed Florida's next Cabinet Officer for The Long Stroke.
By Beach Blogger
Our own Northwest Florida congressman, Jeff ("Mr. Oil Spill") Miller (R-Chumuckla) has been almost invisible the past several weeks.
By Inkberries
Last week, the city of St. Petersburg, Florida sought to deal with the problem of increased panhandling on city streets, so the City Council unanimously approved banning all street solicitation.
By Benjamin Kirby
There are giant oil plumes underwater, and the shit made landfall in Louisiana not that long ago. I hear it's hitting Florida shores now.
FLORIDA POLITICS
8 recommended to fill 2 seats on Florida's Public Service Commission
Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times Tallahassee Bureau
Editorial
Miami Herald
POLITICAL RACES
By Mark Schlueb
In the Orlando area today, Gov. Charlie Crist again all but pledged to veto a bill that would require women seeking abortions to first pay for an ultrasound.
By Bill Cotterell
Republican newcomer Rick Scott's self-financed television campaign has hit a nerve with Floridians weary of politicians, catapulting him into a big lead in the GOP race for governor, a new poll indicated Thursday.
By Kate Bradshaw
In November, Floridians will choose their next governor. In a year many say is defined by anti-incumbent sentiment, the polls are now showing voters favoring wealthy yet controversial newcomer Rick Scott, a Republican.
By George Bennett
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Marco Rubio accused President Barack Obama of supporting "outrageous" United Nations criticism of Israel and weakening America's historic relationship with the Jewish state during a speech Thursday west of Delray Beach.
By Aaron Sharockman
Rick Scott's opponents for governor are telling reporters to essentially fluff off a June 2010 poll that shows the former Columbia/HCA hospital CEO beating both Attorney General Bill McCollum in the Republican primary and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink in a hypothetical November match-up.
By David Hunt
Democratic congressional candidate Scott Fortune unveiled a documentary on Thursday criticizing geographic problems with Florida's 3rd District, saying the stage was well set earlier that day when his opponent tangled over the same issue with a talk radio host.
Florida exempts some political ads from disclosure requirements
Oh My Gov!
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Joe Shea
The Great Debate over Florida's "Hometown Democracy" Amendment 4, at the Manatee County Central Library Wednesday night, lent a frame to the broad impact of the November 2 initiative to require any changes to a county master plan to be approved by voters.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Bart Jansen
Related: Officials: Split from oil unified command
Pensacola will be among President Barack Obama's stops when he visits three Gulf Coast states on Monday and Tuesday to inspect the BP oil spill emergency response firsthand, an aide said.
By Kate Spinner
Five species of sea turtles already on the verge of extinction face an even gloomier future, as oil gushing from a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico continues to poison their food and foul their nesting beaches.
By Wayne Parry
In a grass-roots movement inspired by the 1980s Hands Across America human chain effort, beachgoers in 30 states and nearly a dozen countries plan to join hands this month to form symbolic barriers to protect the shoreline from oil spills.
By Lou Kellenberger
Tens of thousands of Floridians want to help with the oil spill, although so far their roles are limited.
By Jim Ash
Attorney General Bill McCollum, in a letter sent today, asked Deepwater Horizon rig operator BP to put $2.5 billion into an escrow account to cover Florida's anticipated losses from the worst oil spill in the nation's history.
By Eric Mack
More than one million gallons of chemicals called dispersants have been sprayed into the Gulf of Mexico in an attempt to break up the plume emanating from the B.P. oil spill, but some of the key ingredients were kept secret until this week.
By Maryann Tobin
BP has made several attempts to control the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
By Bryan Walsh
Legitimate. It's the word that could come to define the extremely expensive, extremely litigious aftermath of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
LGBT
By David Hunt
A group called Stonewall Democrats is narrowing down which candidates to support in this year's election.
Editorial
With the constant specter of the oil spill hovering off our beaches, we need comedic relief.
EDUCATION
By Hannah Sampson and Kathleen McGrory
In a blistering phone call with Florida's top education official Thursday, several lawmakers questioned whether the results of this year's FCAT could be trusted and why the state would award the $254 million contract to administer and grade the test to a company with a long history of problems.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Brett Ader
The City of Tallahassee advertises that the water it provides to its 188,000 customers was voted "Best Tasting Drinking Water" in Florida, and that it meets or exceeds the guidelines set forth in the Environmental Protection Agency's Safe Drinking Water Act.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
The Progress Report
In the last 10 years, the defense budget has nearly doubled to $549 billion, an increase of $252 billion, or 85 percent.
By Colleen Jenkins
A federal judge refused Thursday to block the city of St. Petersburg's new ban on street solicitation, clearing the way for officials to begin enforcing it this weekend.
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