FEATURED STORIES
Speculation on running mates for governor's race heats up
By Steve Bousquet
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
In the next few weeks, the candidates for governor face a decision fraught with danger: choosing a running mate for the obscure position of lieutenant governor.
McCollum struggles to fend off Rick Scott ad blitz
By Aaron Deslatte
Orlando Sentinel
Last April, with Florida's agitated electorate seemingly trending Republican, a curious thing happened en route to Bill McCollum's expected coronation as the GOP gubernatorial standard-bearer.
After spill, BP turns to American as CEO
New York Times
St. Petersburg Times
Related editorial: Shortcuts preceded oil rig disaster
Robert Dudley, who is expected to be appointed the chief executive of BP, faces a long road to restore confidence in the embattled company -- particularly in the United States, the biggest part of BP's business.
FLORIDA POLITICS
Are you sitting down? Jeb Bush for president
By Gary Reese
Southern Political Report
The downside to a Jeb Bush presidential candidacy would be his name. The upside would be just about everything else.
Perfumed Political Skunk Season
By Daniel Tilson
The Examiner
There's one word voters need to keep in mind when evaluating the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) in 2010. Hypocrisy.
POLITICAL RACES
Meek skips gauzy introductions, as first TV spot swings at rival in U.S. Senate race
By Beth Reinhard
Miami Herald
Candidates typically make their television debut with feel-good footage of them bonding with their family, listening to elderly voters and reading to schoolchildren.
Republican Senate Candidate Marco Rubio Says Plan Will Reduce Spending
By John Kennedy
News Service of Florida
Republican U.S. Senate contender Marco Rubio rolled out a dozen proposals to reduce federal spending Monday, becoming the latest Florida GOP candidate to call for shrinking government and cutting the size of its workforce.
Rubio's Spending Cuts Plan: End Tax Benefits For The Middle Class While Extending Them For The Rich
By Ben Armbruster
Think Progress
Earlier this month, Florida GOP U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio unveiled his economic plan, which is basically just a double-down on the Bush tax cuts with, as the Wonk Room's Pat Garofalo noted, "an unspecified corporate tax cut thrown on top for good measure."
McCollum compares GOP rival Scott to BP's Hayward; Scott jabs back
By George Bennett
Palm Beach Post
Attorney General Bill McCollum compared GOP governor's primary rival Rick Scott to BP's spill-tainted Tony Hayward today and told Florida sheriffs that Scott doesn't understand state government.
By Jeremy Wallace
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
With the primary election less than a month away, Republican candidate for governor Bill McCollum pushed through the region on Monday, more aggressively questioning the record of GOP rival Rick Scott.
Open to more drilling -- with safeguards -- Rick Scott tours the oil-damaged coast
By John Frank
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Standing in front of his idle charter boat, Capt. Scott Robson gave GOP hopeful Rick Scott a grim assessment of the oil ravaged economy in Florida's Panhandle.
Rick Scott vows to be Florida's chief economic officer
By Chris Segal
Panama City News Herald
The Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport served as a reminder Monday to the importance of economic development and a meeting location for gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott and local business leaders.
Boyd, Lawson accuse each other of trying to mislead voters
By Bill Cotterell
Florida Capital News
U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd said Monday his campaign attacks on state Sen. Al Lawson are accurate but that Lawson is trying to link him to the BP oil spill.
Deadline is today to register to vote in state primary
By Andy Boyle
St. Petersburg Times
Today is the last day to register to vote in the Aug. 24 statewide primary election.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
"Hometown democracy" opponents raise 30 times more than supporters
By Bruce Ritchie
FloridaEnvironments.com
The lead group fighting the proposed "Hometown Democracy" amendment collected $4.7 million between April 1 and July 16 compared to $138,573 for the group that put the measure on the ballot in November.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
Oil spill: Response efforts hit downturn
By Paul Flemming
Pensacola News Journal
Florida responders Monday began the slow process of dialing back oil-spill protection on Day 88 of the state's emergency.
Exxon Valdez expert Riki Ott tells Florida to dig in for a protracted legal, environmental battle
By Travis Pillow
Florida Independent
With a degree in marine toxicology and a few summers' experience working on a salmon boat, Riki Ott was uniquely qualified to help the fishing communities of southern Alaska battle a giant oil company after the Exxon Valdez spill threatened their way of life.
Florida officials: BP exec Hayward's departure no reason to mourn
By Dara Kam and George Bennett
Palm Beach Post
Florida officials say the removal of BP chief executive Tony Hayward likely will have little impact on oil spill recovery efforts underway in the state.
Endangered Turtles Face New BP Danger
By Mark Scheerer
Public News Service Florida
Dr. Donna Shaver has been working to save the endangered Kemp's ridley turtle for thirty years.
Environmental group alleges that another nutrient standards-blocking rider is in the works
By Virginia Chamlee
Florida Independent
Only weeks after reports surfaced that Florida U.S. Reps. Ander Crenshaw, R-Jacksonville, and Allen Boyd, D-Tallahassee, were attempting to introduce a rider that would essentially delay the EPA's Numeric Nutrient Standards from taking effect, rumors of another rider have begun to circulate.
EDUCATION
Florida back-to-school sales tax holiday almost here
By Daniel Vasquez
Orlando Sentinel
Mark your calendar: Florida's back-to-school sales tax holiday is scheduled for the weekend of August 13- 15.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
Florida public insurer Citizens may hike rates
The Associated Press
Tampa Tribune
The governing board of Florida's public insurance carrier is recommending a rate hike averaging 8.4 percent statewide.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
If Florida Hospital drops United Healthcare, what should you do?
By Linda Shrieves
Orlando Sentinel
While officials from United Healthcare and Florida Hospital are deadlocked in contract negotiations, thousands of Central Floridians are waiting in a health-care limbo.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Miami Immigrants Prepare For Rally In D.C.
By David Sutta
CBS 4 TV News Miami
Dozens of undocumented families from South Florida are preparing to take a bold trip to Washington DC Tuesday morning. For the first time they will be stepping out in public, announcing they are here illegally.
ACLU, Human Rights Watch describe plight of detained immigrants with mental health disabilities
By Marcos Restrepo
Florida Independent
The ACLU and Humans Rights Watch today released "Deportation By Default," a report that highlights the problems immigrants with mental health disabilities face when detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
20 years later, the ADA has changed our landscape and our minds
By Ben Montgomery
St. Petersburg Times
Twenty years after Congress enacted landmark civil rights legislation called the Americans with Disabilities Act, we are a different nation, one with more ramps and elevators and sensibilities.
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