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• State Sen. Nan Rich selected as Senate Democratic leader, beginning in 2010

• Commuter rail bill gets testy trial in Senate

• Crist at odds with own party on using stimulus to prop up budget

• SunRail faces first hearing in Senate Wednesday

• Live updates from Tallahassee: 2009 Legislative session

• Florida Legislature kicks off session under cloud of economic worry

• Florida Legislature convenes today, faces budget battle

• A letter to Gov. Charlie Crist

• Cannon tapped as future House speaker

• Florida lawmakers look to fill $5 billion money pit

• Aaron Deslatte: Florida's election paper trails produce more flaws

• Florida Sen. Bill Nelson backs letting military vote by e-mail

• Floridians paid $700,000 over two years for Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp's travel, protection

• High-speed rail depends on Crist, board says

• Own home? Tax burden shifts to you in Crist plan

• Stimulus money for roads shrinks while projects pile up

• Judge: Orlando commissioner Daisy Lynum misused authority in son's traffic stop

• Recession won't force Orlando to raise property taxes, Mayor Dyer says

• Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer: We need to become stronger

• Gov. Charlie Crist goes against Republican tide

• Mike Thomas: For $12 billion, Charlie Crist will hug you, too

• Florida House could ask voters to change class-size amendment

• Painfully blunt budget on the way

• Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink shares thoughts on economy in Lake visit

• Aaron Deslatte: Groups irk GOP over campaign-finance law

Presidential Election

• Barack Obama, John McCain head toward voters' verdict after historic 2-year campaign

• How the candidates propose to get the economy back on track

• Where they stand on the issues

State Elections

• Businessman indicted for illegal contributions to Crist campaign

• Tickets to Obama town-hall Tuesday in Fort Myers available Monday morning

Local Elections

• Mike Thomas: Obama's carbon cap-and-trade plan bad for U.S., worse for Florida

• Debate on illegal immigrants' treatment fueled by arrest, detention of Tavares mother

• Orlando's tourism bureau: Review aims at transparency

• Familiar foes face off in Orlando mayoral election

Legislature

• Florida Legislature returns Tuesday to face painful budget cuts

• Ultrasound measure narrowly passes Senate panel

• Lawmaker wants schools to buckle down on loose pants

National Politics

• IRS's dumping of private tax collectors seen as shift away from government privatization

• In Europe, Clinton enjoys applause, dives into diplomacy and laughs off a gag gift gaffe

• Obama appoints Puerto Rican politician to White House job

• Government health plan for middle America could unravel Obama bid for consensus on reform

• Source: Obama to reverse Bush's 8-year-old restrictions on federal funding for cell research