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• LEGISLATURE 2010

  Real work, cash hunt collide

  For lawmakers in Tallahassee this week, many big questions remained unresolved, but fundraising for campaigns continued.

• POLITIFACT

  Gov. Charlie Crist backpedals on stimulus

  Gov. Charlie Crist, a U.S. Senate candidate, has been trying to distance himself from President Barack Obama and the federal stimulus package.

• FLORIDA HOUSE

  Fate of Ray Sansom probe on agenda

  A special House committee will decide whether to continue its investigation into former Speaker Ray Sansom.

• PUBLIC CORRUPTION

  Florida Sen. Dan Gelber pushing for tougher public corruption laws

  Citing a rash of corruption cases, a state senator is pushing for laws to combat bribery and restrict contact between the Public Service Commission and the utilities it regulates.

• REPUBLICANS

  GOP official fired due to fake Twitter account

  A Twitter account that impersonated the chairman of Brevard County's Republican Party was linked to a state GOP official, who has been fired.

• GUBERNATORIAL RACE

  GOP senator enters Florida governor's race

  Paula Dockery, a Republican state senator from Lakeland who has never run for statewide office, joins the battle to be Florida's next governor.

• TALLAHASSEE

  Analyst: Florida's sex-offender restrictions may be flawed

  The state's sex-offender residency restrictions might be counterproductive, according to an analyst.

• RACE FOR GOVERNOR

  Alex Sink, Bill McCollum go after abusive debt collectors

  Gubernatorial rivals Alex Sink and Bill McCollum both proposed measures to crack down on debt collectors.
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  FORWARD LOOK | U.S. SENATE RACE

  Marco Rubio warming up Panhandle voters

  Marco Rubio, the first Cuban-American Republican from Miami to seek statewide office, got a warm reception from Panhandle voters during a campaign swing last week.

• POLITICS

  Voters' love affair with Gov. Charlie Crist cools off

  Gov. Charlie Crist's political troubles are reflected in new poll numbers that show even most fellow Republicans don't like the job he's doing in Florida.

• THE LEGISLATURE

  Fla. lawmakers propose banning felons owning pain clinics

  Lawmakers announced Friday that they will be filing a bill that would require the state to revoke or deny operating licenses for pain clinics operated by convicted felons.

• Poll: Floridians oppose public option for healthcare

  In a state where 20 percent of the population is uninsured, voters are opposed to a major Democratic plan to provide more health care coverage, according to a Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9 poll.

• FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT

  Ex-Attorney General Bob Butterworth to advise FPL on rate case

  Former Attorney General Bob Butterworth will advise FPL on its controversial request to increase base electric rates 30 percent.

• SOUTH FLORIDA

  Biden touts accomplishments in South Florida stops

  Vice President Joe Biden visited South Florida on Thursday to raise funds for the Democratic Party.

• WASHINGTON, D.C.

  Congress honors Senate pioneer

  Former Sen. Edward Brooke, a part-time Miami resident, received the highest award that Congress can bestow.

• Health care bills would limit out-of-pocket costs

  Consumers would be spared having to pay huge medical bills under Democratic health care legislation that's moving through Congress, as lawmakers agree on the need to put limits on how much people would pay out of their own pockets.

• MIAMI MAYORAL RACE | TOMAS REGALADO

  It's back to basics for Miami mayoral candidate Tomás Regalado

  Commissioner and Miami mayoral candidate Tomás Regalado espouses how he'd be different than the current mayor.
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  Florida to get $200 million for 'smart' power grid

  Florida is getting $200 million in stimulus money to create a ''smart grid'' for utility customers that should result in lower electric usage, government officials announced Tuesday morning.
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  MIAMI BEACH

  President Obama rallies Florida Democrats in Miami Beach

  In his second trip to Florida since his election, President Barack Obama told backers at a Miami Beach fundraiser not to worry about his critics: `I don't rattle.'

• Palin received $1.5 million retainer for book

  Sarah Palin reported in financial disclosures out this morning that she received $1.25 million from publisher HarperCollins as "retainer for book." The report doesn't give a date for when Palin received the money. But the disclosures cover money that Palin received during her final seven months as governor, from Jan. 1 to July 26.

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