FEATURED STORIES
By Patrick Peterson
The federal government on Thursday finalized an extension of unemployment benefits that will bring welcome relief to millions of the struggling jobless.
By Sara K. Clarke
The nation's biggest travel trade group said Thursday the BP PLC oil spill will cost the Gulf region's tourism industry between $7.6 billion and $22.7 billion, with most of the economic damage falling on Florida's shoulders.
By Dan Eggen and Kimberly Kindy
Related: BP's changing lobbying disclosure amount? It figures.
BEST OF THE BLOGS
By Kenneth Quinnell
Here is the official list of winners for the 2010 Netroots Awards.
By Jdwolverton
It's been awhile since the fraud case against former Florida GOP chairman, Jim Greer, came to light.
By Jon Bleyer
After the Republican-led Florida legislature refused yesterday to consider allowing citizens a chance to vote on a constitutional amendment to ban oil drilling in Florida waters, Gov. Charlie Crist ripped into what he called the "do-nothing" legislature.
FLORIDA POLITICS
By Alex Leary
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, is signing onto a bill that would lift decades-old travel restrictions to Cuba, becoming the first member from Florida to do so.
Staff Report
President Barack Obama and his family will vacation on the Gulf Coast next month, as they've urged other Americans to do to help the area's battered economy.
POLITICAL RACES
By Adam C. Smith
On a Tuesday morning five years ago, Summerwind, a three-story, 145-foot luxury yacht, maneuvered above the celebrated barrier reef that lines the coast of Belize.
By Beth Reinhard
When he was a state legislator, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek failed to disclose his stock ownership in a medical-waste company that eventually went bankrupt, one whose officials were accused of cooking the books.
By Philip Elliott
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is backing Marco Rubio's bid for the Senate, pledging to help the tea party-favored candidate emerge from a tight three-way race in Florida.
By Jeremy Wallace
Republicans in the Legislature keep thinking they are about to put Gov. Charlie Crist in his political grave.
By Damien Cave and Michael Luo
When Jeff Greene, a k a the Meltdown Mogul, recently brought his Democratic campaign for the United States Senate to a poor Miami neighborhood rife with the kinds of subprime mortgages that he became a billionaire betting against, did he:
By William March
With a new poll showing Bill McCollum's hopes fading in the Republican primary for governor and Rick Scott inundating him with a tidal wave of television ads, McCollum is fighting back with his best weapon - attacking the Medicare fraud history of Scott's former hospital company.
Staff Report
In a poll released Thursday of the landscape for the Republican nomination for governor, Public Policy Polling shows Rick Scott with a substantial 43 percent to 29 percent lead over Bill McCollum.
By Jeremy Wallace
Anthony J. Lingrosso had to see Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott in person.
By George Bennett
Speaking to an overflow crowd of 500 here, Republican governor candidate Rick Scott touted a new poll that shows him with a 14-point lead in the GOP primary over Bill McCollum.
Staff Report
A veteran political reporter at Local 6's sister station in Miami says Rick Scott's campaign staff did a 180 because the reporter interviewed Scott's mother.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Michael Peltier
A proposed constitutional amendment that would provide additional tax benefits for some homebuyers is misleading and should be taken off the November ballot, an attorney representing labor unions and a property owner contended Thursday before a circuit judge who is expected to rule before the weekend.
By Sara Gregory
The City Council voted Thursday to limit the number of land use changes that would require voter approval if Florida Hometown Democracy's Amendment 4 passes in November.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Margie Menzel
A marine toxicologist whose specialty is oil pollution warned Thursday that the Gulf oil disaster will have devastating consequences for Floridians' health as well as for their environment.
By Craig Pittman
Federal and BP officials have decided that if they have to evacuate the Deepwater Horizon well site because of a tropical storm, the cap now on the well will remain.
By Bill Cotterell
The federal government reopened vast areas of the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday and Gov. Charlie Crist urged quick action to permit fishing in more oil-free waters.
By Bruce Ritchie
Florida's globally known cave explorer, photographer and Florida springs advocate Wes Skiles died Wednesday while filming off the coast of Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.
EDUCATION
By Carmen Paige
The Santa Rosa County School District has some good items in next year's $282 million budget despite its per student funding being the lowest in Florida.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
Editorial
With Congress finally passing the federal extension to unemployment compensation benefits and the president expected to sign it, about 250,000 Floridians whose benefits had run out over the past couple of months will soon be tossed a financial lifeline.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Julian Pecquet
The House of Delegates of the Florida Medical Association is scheduled to consider a resolution severing ties with the American Medical Association because of its support for the healthcare reform law.
By Carol Gentry
The Johns Hopkins professor in line to become physician-in-chief at All Children's Hospital if the merger announced Wednesday is signed says the physicians who treat patients and do clinical research there should not be affected.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
By John Lantigua
A federal judge in Phoenix on Thursday heard two arguments against Arizona's controversial new immigration law, a measure that could serve as a model for similar legislation in other states, including Florida.
By Marcos Restrepo
Subhash Kateel, of the Florida Immigrant Coalition, calls Florida a "testing ground for Immigration and Customs Enforcement programs."
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