FEATURED STORIES
By Marc Caputo
Most Florida voters want Gov. Charlie Crist to veto an abortion bill that he, too, appears to oppose.
Bill Cotterell
The powerful Florida Education Association gave Gov. Charlie Crist and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek a dual endorsement in the U.S. Senate race Saturday but said it won't try to split organized labor's affections between Crist's sudden new courtship and Meek's long-standing relationship.
By Ian Urbina
In the days since President Obama announced a moratorium on permits for drilling new offshore oil wells and a halt to a controversial type of environmental waiver that was given to the deepwater Horizon rig, at least seven new permits for various types of drilling and five environmental waivers have been granted, according to records.
By William March
Gay rights, an issue that stung Bill McCollum in his unsuccessful 2004 race for the U.S. Senate, has put him on the defensive again this year in his campaign for governor.
EDITORIAL CARTOON OF THE WEEK
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
FLORIDA POLITICS
By Lona O'Connor
Not since the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case has Florida found itself so tangled in the politics of emotion.
By David Hunt
Gov. Charlie Crist said the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico makes it clear that the state should do more to back green energy development.
By Kathleen Haughney
Lawmakers sent 25 measures to Gov. Charlie Crist Friday, giving him about two weeks to decide on a variety of bills that include restraint and seclusion guidelines for children, regulation of the tattoo industry, protection of free speech for teachers and the creation of several new license plates.
By Jeremy Wallace
Over the past six months, Florida's Republican Party has been torn from within, through circumstances including the ouster of state Chairman Jim Greer and Gov. Charlie Crist's abandoning the GOP to run as an independent.
POLITICAL RACES
By Bill Cotterell
Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has an interesting and comprehensive plan for running state government if we decide to put her in charge of the whole thing in November.
By Adam C. Smith and Beth Reinhard
Charlie Crist's declaration of independence is paying off -- so far.
By Bill Cotterell
Union leaders gave U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek the ringing endorsement he pleaded for in his uphill U.S. Senate race Sunday.
By David Hunt
The song seemed to set the right tone, just not with the song's author.
By Beth Reinhard
Under pressure from his chief U.S. Senate rival, former House Speaker Marco Rubio released nine years of tax records on Friday, revealing how his personal income grew along with his political influence.
By Aaron Sharockman
As a state senator, Paula Dockery was one of two women to vote for a bill requiring women seeking abortions in the first trimester to get ultrasound exams.
By Mitch Stacy
Rick Scott, neophyte politician and surprise candidate for Florida governor, opens one of his now ubiquitous TV commercials with this: "So I bet you're wondering, where have I seen that handsome bald guy before?"
By Jeremy Wallace
Florida's presidential primary election in 2012 could be more than two months later than it was in 2008 under new rules being considered by the Republican National Committee.
BALLOT INITIATIVES
By Gary Fineout
A battle over how Florida lawmakers will decide the next round of redistricting is now headed to court.
By Michael Peltier
Constitutional changes to class size restrictions and political boundaries passed their final hurdle Wednesday as they were given numbers for the Nov. 2 ballot.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
By Lesley Clark
Related: Gulf recovered from last big oil spill, but is this one different?
Current could carry disaster to fragile reef
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Cleaning oil-soaked wetlands may be impossible
The Associated Press
DEP chief leads Fla. oil response
Tallahassee Democrat
New Panama City airport opens Sunday
FloridaEnvironments.com
LGBT
By Chad Smith
When Craig Lowe was running for class president in eighth grade at his suburban Atlanta school, someone posted a sign in the hallway declaring, "No to homo Lowe."
EDUCATION
By Joe Callahan
It's turning out to be a controversial year for candidates stumping for office throughout America.
By Doug Blackburn
The presidents of Florida State and Florida A&M universities are growing increasingly anxious as the Friday deadline looms for Gov. Charlie Crist to sign off on the state budget.
JOBS, BUDGET, AND ECONOMY
By Jim Stratton
Florida's unemployment rate fell for the first time in four years last month, dipping to 12 percent, with every county reporting lower jobless rates, state officials reported Friday.
By Kimberly Miller
One in five Florida homeowners is either seriously behind on a mortgage payment or in foreclosure as a dawdling economic recovery teases the Sunshine State.
The Associated Press
An upstart automaker is bringing economic promise to central Florida's Atlantic Coast.
HEALTH AND SENIORS
By Jim Saunders
From the Panhandle to Miami, the state budget approved last month is dotted with millions of dollars in spending on senior-citizens centers, medical-education programs and health services that are targeted at specific areas.
CIVIL RIGHTS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ISSUES
By George Bennett
Arizona's controversial crackdown on illegal immigration, in its original and amended forms, has become a touchy issue in Florida Republican politics.
By Stephen Goldstein
Recently, the governor of Arizona with a flip flourish of her fountain pen -- recalling the bravado of Katherine Harris certifying the 2000 Florida vote count for George W. Bush -- callously signed a bill into law that targets illegal immigrants for deportation.
By Jef Weinberger
A Fort Lauderdale City Commission task force established last year ostensibly to find a fixed location to feed the community's burgeoning homeless population may have more affixed to its agenda than the governing body's stated goal.
JUSTICE AND THE COURTS
By John Kennedy
A century-old provision of the Florida Constitution may soon be dusted off for the first time before the state Supreme Court, with the fate of millions of dollars in state funding to religious organizations hanging in the balance.
By Jay Stapleton
In Volusia and Flagler counties and beyond, judicial elections are crowded with candidates from all directions.
By Bill Cotterell and Jennifer Portman
Up to 30 shots blazed between two groups of men in a late-night 2008 street skirmish, killing a 15-year-old boy.
