PROGRESS FLORIDA IN THE NEWS
By Preston Rudie
Excerpt: "If you had a neighbor who had destroyed your lawn and you were going to hire an attorney to represent you, you'd probably want to know if your attorney used to have a financial relationship with your neighbor before you hired them," Executive Director of Progress Florida Mark Ferrulo told 10 Connects.
FEATURED STORIES
By Craig Pittman
Related: Oil spill disaster marked by BP mistakes from the outset
U.S. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into Oil Spill
New York Times
Related: A Waiting Game for Fishermen
The Obama administration said Tuesday that it had begun civil and criminal investigations into the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as the deepening crisis threatened to define President Obama's second year in office.
By Dara Kam and Kimberly Miller
Deepening an already substantial rift between himself and the legislature, Gov. Charlie Crist tonight vetoed a property insurance bill saying it would likely increase rates.
By Jeremy Wallace
At a stage in the campaign when many statewide candidates would be trying to moderate their message to appeal to general election voters, Senate candidate Marco Rubio continues to emphasize a platform that appeals to conservative Republicans and the Tea Party movement.
FLORIDA POLITICS
By Brandon Larrabee
While most of the heated debate around an abortion measure passed in the waning hours of the 2010 legislative session has focused on a provision requiring a woman to have an ultrasound before undergoing an abortion, the legislation also includes a potential political land mine for Gov. Charlie Crist.
By Paul Owers
Orlando Sentinel
POLITICAL RACES
By Beth Reinhard
Related: In new ads, U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene lets mom do the talking
By Virginia Chamlee
Despite polling numbers far behind those of Rubio, Crist and Meek, self-made billionaire and Democratic Senate candidate Jeff Greene has nevertheless managed to acquire a good amount of media exposure for himself.
By Gary Fineout
It probably didn't get much notice outside of Leon County, but Gov. Charlie Crist did something last week that may have given him an edge in at least one Democratic stronghold.
By Catherine Whittenburg
Gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott is not shrinking away from attacks on him for having headed a company that committed Medicare fraud.
By Luke Johnson
Related: Health care workers respond to Rick Scott campaign
Sink steps up South Florida campaign
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By David Hunt
There's a civics lesson in Scott Fortune's congressional run, one that has political insiders curious about how well he'll come across to voters.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Gina Jordan
Public perception about the spill in the Gulf may do more damage to Florida businesses than the oil.
By Brendan Farrington,
Attorney General Bill McCollum wasn't on the invitation list for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's meeting Tuesday with Gulf state attorneys generals and U.S. attorneys after his tour of areas affected by the massive Gulf oil spill.
By Bruce Ritchie
Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday vetoed bills related to yard waste in landfills and petroleum contamination sites.
By Bruce Ritchie
Grant programs at the Florida Department of Community Affairs will not be accepting new applications this year for local parks and working waterfronts projects.
The Associated Press
Three former utility regulators, the Public Service Commission's former director, its top lawyer and an ex-professional quarterback are among 28 applicants who received invitations today to interview for a pair of PSC appointments.
By Julie Patel
The Public Service Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to require Florida Power & Light Co. to refund $13.9 million, including interest, to customers for costs related to a 2008 outage that left as many as 3 million Floridians without electricity.
EDUCATION
By Ron Matus
In recent weeks, a flurry of Florida teachers unions signed a pact to show they're behind the state's second bid for a $700 million federal Race to the Top grant.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Matthew Haggman
Taxable values declined steeply for the third straight year across Miami-Dade and Broward counties, as the region continues to wrestle with a recession that has cost thousands of workers their jobs and sent real estate prices tumbling.
Drywall tax breaks take effect in Florida
Bradenton Herald
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Marcos Restrepo
The Florida Medical Examiners Report for 2008 shows that every day six people die from prescription drug overdoses, and the president's first National Drug Control Strategy, released earlier this month, acknowledges that prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing drug problem in the United States.
By Jim Saunders
Gov. Charlie Crist signed off Friday on bills that could lead to revamping the Florida Department of Health and extending a controversial Medicaid managed-care pilot program.
Staff Report
The odds on close to $1 billion in extra Medicaid money which Florida officials have been banking on for months have gone from looking like a sure thing to what one observer said Tuesday was "50-50 at best."
By Diane Chun
On the first business day after Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed nearly $9.7 million in funds for Shands at the University of Florida, hospital and university officials are already trying to decide how the safety-net hospital can continue to meet the needs of uninsured or underinsured patients.
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