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Prosecutors: George Zimmerman ‘profiled’ Trayvon Martin
By Frances Robles
Miami Herald
Related: Years of legal experience abound in Zimmerman case
George Zimmerman went from 45 days of being a hunted man in seclusion to eating Jolly Ranchers and killing time with puzzle books in a 67-square-foot cell.
Trayvon Martin shooting spurs protests against companies with ties to legislative group
By Tom Hamburger
Washington Post
The shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida is reverberating today in an unlikely place: the executive suites of major corporations.
The 'Gunshine State': 6 Awful GOP Laws That May Harm Florida Forever
By George Bauer
AlterNet
While millions of residents and visitors are working on their tans, shady politics are prospering in the Sunshine State.
Counties agree to sue over state Medicaid repayment law
By Brittany Alana Davis
Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
The Florida Association of Counties said Thursday that it will sue the state over a new law that requires counties to pay $323.5 million in disputed Medicaid bills.
JD Alexander lobbies Rick Scott to sign off on USF Poly split
By Steve Bousquet
Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
The powerful lawmaker who led the effort to create a new hometown state university made a pilgrimage to the Capitol on Thursday to lobby Gov. Rick Scott to support the idea.
BEST OF THE BLOGS
Mike Haridopolos: The worst Senate President of the modern Republican era
By Peter Schorsch
St. Petersblog 2.0
Ander Crenshaw. Jim Scott. Toni Jennings. John McKay. Jim King. Tom Lee. Ken Pruitt. Jeff Atwater. Mike Haridopolos.
Where Have All The Great Democrats Gone?
By Kartik Krishnaiyer
The Political Hurricane
After reading my colleague Dave Trotter’s excellent Sunday editorial on Reubin Askew, I became sentimental about the days when Florida groomed real progressive leaders.
Does Your Legislator Work For ALEC, Or For You?
By Inkberries
Beach Peanuts
The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC has been losing support and funding in light of being exposed as one of the groups behind laws like the Stand Your Ground and those involving the current rash of voter suppression efforts across the country by Republicans.
Corrupt: in Florida, this is how we roll
By Gimleteye
Eye on Miami
Last week FBI Robert Mueller III spoke to the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce to enlist the business community in rooting out the pervasive corruption in South Florida.
FLORIDA POLITICS
Both the governor and the president visit Tampa Friday
By Bill Varian
Tampa Bay Times
As the president pitches international trade at the Port of Tampa Friday, Governor Rick Scott will be doing one of his "Let's Get to Work" days at Tampa International Airport.
Students to greet Obama during Tampa visit
By Kathy Steele
Tampa Tribune
Sometimes a chance to meet the president of the United States is as easy as raising hands and asking a direct question.
First Lady praises military families on Fla. stop
By Gary FIneout
Associated Press
First Lady Michelle Obama steered clear of an ongoing political controversy over mothers and work and instead used a Thursday evening stop in Jacksonville to praise military families.
POLITICAL RACES
Why is Mitt Romney Making Pledges to a Washington Lobbyist?
The Progress Report
Think Progress
We’ve previously told you about the 1% Pledge — a pledge run by Washington superlobbyist Grover Norquist that the vast majority of Congressional Republicans have taken.
Happy 6th birthday, RomneyCare! Obama's campaign releases video
By Marc Caputo
Miami Herald
Today, Obama for America released a new video highlighting the sixth anniversary of the Massachusetts health care law, or Romneycare, which Governor Romney said he wanted to serve as a national model for health care reform.
As race shifts, Biden gets task of scuffing Romney
By Brian Bakst
Associated Press
Want a peek inside the Democratic playbook as the presidential race shifts fully into general election mode?
Florida Supreme Court battle brings campaign chairman before court
By Brandon Larrabee
News Service of Florida
In late February, the committees spearheading campaigns for Florida Supreme Court Justices Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince held a fundraiser at the Hyatt Regency Miami.
Murphy raises $350,000 in race against Allen West
By William Gibson
South Florida Sun Sentinel
Democrat Patrick Murphy, who recently moved from Fort Lauderdale to Jupiter, announced on Thursday that he raised $350,000 in the first three months of the year and has $1 million in hand to take on Congressman Allen West in a newly drawn district.
Newsmax CEO, Republicans raise money for Democrat Aronberg’s state attorney bid
By George Bennett
Palm Beach Post
As publisher of conservative West Palm Beach-based Newsmax Media, Christopher Ruddy‘s support is coveted by many Republicans.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
FEMA now says Florida's response may resolve concerns about risk to flood insurance
By Bruce Ritchie
Florida Current
The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday indicated that a state response last week may resolve its concerns that an environmental permit streamlinging bill could cause Florida communities to lose their federal flood insurance.
Tea party group barrages Scott's office with robo-calls urging veto of energy bill
By Katie Sanders and Mary Ellen Klas
Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau
In thousands of robo-calls and emails, the Florida chapter of Americans For Prosperity warns the governor that the first energy bill passed by legislators in years would bring "uncompetitive green energy" and a "Solyndra-type company'' to Florida.
Energy bill backers tell tea party opponents to instead examine nuclear project charges
By Bruce Ritchie
Florida Current
Legislators who voted for the energy bill on Gov. Rick Scott's desk are challenging tea party opponents to instead join them in opposing a state law that has allowed utilities to charge taxpayers more than $1 billion for nuclear projects.
LGBT
When the federal government tells us to lie
By Nadine Smith
Gainesville Sun
It's tax season, and once again gay married couples are caught between the truth and the law.
EDUCATION
Scott publicly asks UF, FSU presidents why they deserve unlimited tuition hikes
By John Kennedy
Palm Beach Post
The presidents of the University of Florida and Florida State University made a final sales pitch Thursday to Gov. Rick Scott on legislation that would give the schools unprecedented authority to charge whatever they want for tuition.
FAU students find budget cuts hit home
By Scott Travis
South Florida Sun Sentinel
College students in Florida are getting a real-world lesson in economics as the effects of $300 million in budget cuts are starting to hit home.
School districts heed warnings about school prayer law
By Ashley Lopez
Florida Independent
Many Florida school districts are, so far, listening to warnings from civil rights groups that adopting policies allowing for prayer at any school event will land them in court.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
Foreclosures down in U.S., up in Florida for first quarter of 2012
Staff Report
Florida Current
New foreclosure filings across the nation fell during the first three months of the year compared with the same time last year, but not in Florida, where foreclosures increased 26 percent from a year ago.
Mortgage aid slow to flow from Hardest Hit program
By Kimberly Miller
Palm Beach Post
A $7.6 billion program for states most affected by unemployment and the housing crash was slow to start up and has helped too few homeowners since it was launched two years ago, according to an inspector general report released Thursday.
States' tax revenues up across nation
Staff Report
Florida Current
State governments raked in $763.7 billion in tax revenues during the 2011 fiscal year, up 8.9 percent from the previous year, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Group demands Zimmerman's gun permit be yanked, again
By Arelis R. Hernández
Orlando Sentinel
The Florida Civil Rights Association is demanding, yet again, that state officials yank George Zimmerman's gun permit following his arrest on second degree murder charges.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
Charges reveal 'stand your ground' law's flawsEditorial
Orlando Sentinel
For several weeks, a fiery gumbo of anger, frustration and outrage was at a boiling point over the Trayvon Martin case.
Serial killer dies by lethal injection
By Regan McCarthy
WFSU Tallahassee
Convicted Murderer David Allen Gore died by lethal injection Thursday after 28 years on death row.
Scott gets it wrong
Editorial
Pensacola News Journal
We don't know if Gov. Rick Scott is captive to his ideology, or perhaps to what he thinks that ideology should or might be.
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