FEATURED STORIES
By Kathleen McGrory
Florida is one of 19 finalists in a national competition for federal education dollars, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Tuesday.
By Christopher O'Donnell
The Florida Legislature took credit this year for not raising taxes during a tough economic time.
The Associated Press
A hundred days ago, shop owner Cherie Pete was getting ready for a busy summer serving ice cream and po-boys to hungry fisherman.
By Zac Anderson
Florida has lured vacationing presidents for more than a century. First families from the Nixons to the Trumans and the Bushes often came south to soak up the sun for weeks at a time.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
This study should once and for all silence critics of same-sex parenting. Not that it will, but it certainly should.
FLORIDA POLITICS
By Andy Barr
Former Florida GOP Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday that he is "not running" for president in 2012.
By Kaustuv Basu
The latest voter registration numbers in Brevard County indicate a surge in "no party" voters, a number that surpasses registering Democrats and nips at the heels of newly registered Republicans.
POLITICAL RACES
By Jim Stratton
Looking for some mojo in his campaign against a Palm Beach billionaire, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek is launching a 10-day bus tour that will start in Orlando next Wednesday.
By Marc Caputo
Gov. Charlie Crist has said he's "disappointed" in his former hand-picked Republican Party chairman, Jim Greer, who faces fraud charges for allegedly bilking the state GOP.
By Bruce Ritchie
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink released an energy plan on Tuesday that offered broad support for new renewable energy policies while banking on an increase of federal economic stimulus dollars to grow clean energy jobs in Florida.
By Aaron Sharockman
Related: State: Scott's lawsuit seeks election 'chaos' and should be thrown out
McCollum touts property tax freeze for local governments
Tampa Tribune
Sick of nasty ads? Tough. You paid for 'em
Orlando Sentinel
It's rich guys vs. politicians
Miami Herald
Candidate Bud Chiles is walking uphill but confidently
Orlando Sentinel
'Paminator' Bondi, Kottkamp trade barbs over trial-lawyer ties
St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
Democratic Attorney General Candidates Rely on Their Resumes to Differentiate Themselves
WUSF Public Radio Tampa
Sender of political attack mailers says he was conned
Miami Herald
Candidate slapped with drug charges
Pensacola News Journal
BALLOT INITIATIVES
Editorial
A proposed Safety Harbor development project now embarking on months of government review illustrates some of the issues that will confront voters if the so-called "Hometown Democracy amendment" on the November election ballot is approved.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Robert Lorei
BP's outgoing Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward said today that the Gulf of Mexico oil well disaster represents a failure for the entire deep water oil and gas drilling industry, not just for BP alone.
The Progress Report
Over the weekend, news broke that three months after his oil company's rig set off the largest oil spill in American history, BP CEO Tony Hayward would be stepping down.
LGBT
By Rachel Slajda
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum yesterday stuck by his decision to hire anti-gay activist George Rekers -- the George Rekers who was later caught with a male escort -- when the state had to defend its ban on adoption by gay couples.
By Brett Ader
The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville has been stirring up controversy in recent days, with the announcement of two upcoming events: a "No Homo Mayor Protest" on Aug. 2, focusing on the city's first openly gay mayor, Craig Lowe, and the "International Burn a Koran Day," slated for the anniversary of 9/11.
EDUCATION
By Kevin D. Thompson
As expected, the state Board of Education today unanimously adopted a set of sweeping new national standards in math and English that administrators believe will help students think more critically and better prepare them for the workforce.
By Joe Callahan
The date on which school grades will be released remains uncertain as the state waits for audits of elementary Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores to determine whether they were accurately graded.
By Rebecca Catalanello
Pinellas County School Board members voted 5-2 Tuesday to join a lawsuit to stop the state from penalizing school districts that don't comply with class size laws in the coming school year.
By Jeff Schmucker
School board members are fighting against the class size amendment by joining a lawsuit against the state.
Editorial
Recently there have been many stories about the FCAT scores being late and then found to supposedly be incorrect. Here's a novel idea: Scrap the FCAT.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Jeff Harrington
Many Floridians are feeling glum about where their bank accounts are headed.
By Gary Fineout
A new report warns that failure to extend higher matching rates for Medicaid could be a blow to the financial recovery for many state budgets.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Mike Lillis
The majority of the nation's seniors have little understanding of what the Democrats' newly enacted healthcare law actually does, according to poll results released Monday.
Staff Report
A federal agency that tracks measures of health-care quality lists Florida's as "average," but barely. The arrow hovers right on the line above "weak."
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
By Andrea Stone
If some Republican state lawmakers here get their way, Florida and Arizona may soon have more in common than just baseball's spring training.
By Alfonso Chardy
Chanting slogans and cheering, 25 U.S.-born children and their undocumented parents were aboard a bus heading to Washington, D.C., from South Florida to take part in a ``children's march'' against deportations across from the White House on Wednesday afternoon.
By Jaweed Kaleem
Anti-Semitic incidents in Florida declined last year by 26 percent, according to an audit the Anti-Defamation League is scheduled to release Tuesday. It counted 90 incidents -- 32 fewer than in 2008 -- and 60 were in South Florida.
By Sean Kinane
Is the FBI keeping records about your race or ethnicity?
By Janie Porter
Wednesday, an anti-gay group plans to picket at a Spring Hill soldier's funeral.
By Gary Taylor
With more and more opportunities to wager their money -- from the Florida Lottery to slot machines to Internet cafes -- Floridians are looking for help with gambling problems in record numbers.
Editorial
Sure, foreign guest worker provisions should be reviewed under a comprehensive overhaul of our antiquated immigration laws.
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