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'Old Buddies' Crist, McCollum Smile Up a Storm

April 20, 2010 - 6:00pm

With rumors swirling through Florida political circles that Gov. Charlie Crist intends to abandon the Republican Party, Crist shared a stage Wednesday with Attorney General Bill McCollum, frontrunner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, at an event commemorating crime victims.

Meet Sen. Jeremy Ring

April 20, 2010 - 6:00pm

Meet Sen. Garrett Richter

April 19, 2010 - 6:00pm

Age: 60

Residence: Naples

Time in the Legislature: 4 years

Political Affiliation: Republican

Spouse: Diana

Children: Robert, Elizabeth, Melissa


What did you want to be when you were growing up?

I wanted to make my parents proud of me, no matter what it was I did for a living, I wanted them to be proud.

Meet Sen. Haridopolos

April 19, 2010 - 6:00pm

Sen. Mike Haridopolos


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Cretul Backs Rubio, Blasts Crist

April 19, 2010 - 6:00pm

House Speaker Larry Cretul endorsed Marco Rubios candidacy for U.S. Senate on Tuesday ripping into Gov. Charlie Crist as a politician ready to do just about anything to preserve his political ambitions.

Insurance Rate Hike Likely Doomed

April 19, 2010 - 6:00pm

Private property insurers might as well abandon their slim hopes for permission from the state to raise their rates, at least for the remainder of this legislative session.

A Senate challenge to Gov. Charlie Crists vow to defeat any measure to raise residential property insurance rates was halted by its sponsor Tuesday.

House Engages in All-Day Session

April 19, 2010 - 6:00pm

With two weeks left in the legislative session, the House held a lengthy meeting Tuesday, passing a large number of bills and paving the way to pass even more later in the week. While most of the measures passed with little, if any, opposition, attempts to reform hate crime laws and a proposal to reform property insurance rates prompted debate and pointed questions.

The House debated a measure adding homeless people to the Florida hate crime statues. The measure passed 80-28.

George's Own Library

April 20, 2010 - 6:00pm

MOUNT VERNON, Va. -- It was fitting that the buzz around George Washington's homestead recently was about the first president's overdue library books, just as the estate's guardians were plotting a new presidential library in the founding father's name.

Jeff Stahler Cartoon

April 20, 2010 - 6:00pm

Abuse Survivor Completes Journey of a Lifetime

April 19, 2010 - 6:00pm

It was like a scene from a movie.

Lauren Book-Lim, her blonde hair pulled beneath a Nike cap, fell to her knees at the steps of the old Capitol as dozens of friends and supporters cheered her. Nearby, speakers blared the '80s anthem "Here I Go Again," and Book-Lim, having reached the end of a 500-mile journey, burst into tears.

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