Gov. Charlie Crist resumes gambling talks with Seminoles

By Mary Ellen Klas, The Miami Herald

Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe of Florida began negotiating a new gambling compact Wednesday that would bring revenue to the state in exchange for the tribe's right to a monopoly on some of its casino games.
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Stimulus eases community college troubles

By Kimberly Leonard, Special to Stateline.org

States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system.
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Weekly wrap: Report questions states' use of stimulus road funds

By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer

States are spending too much stimulus money on new road construction and not enough on public transit projects, a national advocacy group claims in a report issued Monday (June 29). Meanwhile, Michigan and California consider teaming up to solve their prison problems and North Carolina and Rhode Island face off with Amazon.com over taxes. Read More

Prescription drug overdose deaths soar in Florida

By Scott Hiaasen, The Miami Herald

Florida continues to see a rapid rise in fatal overdoses caused by prescription-drug abuse -- a trend fueled by a cottage industry of cash-only pain clinics -- while deaths from illegal drugs wane, according to a report from the state's medical examiners released Tuesday. Read More

Coming to 25 states -- higher taxes

By Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor

More than half of US states are responding to budget challenges with an answer that's often unpopular with their residents: tax hikes. Read More

Mississippi tops obesity rankings; Colorado is leanest state

By The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON -- Mississippi remains at the top of the list in this year's national annual obesity rankings, with Alabama coming in second. Outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. Read More

Facing deficits, some states cut summer school

By Sam Dillon, The New York Times

COCOA, Fla. — Nearly every school system in Florida has eviscerated or eliminated summer school this year, and officials are reporting sweeping cuts in states from North Carolina and Delaware to California and Washington. Read More

Gov. Charlie Crist (R)
Elected: November 2006
Term expires: January 2011

	State capital: Tallahassee
	State nickname: The Sunshine State
	Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp (R)
	Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning (R)
	Attorney General Bill McCollum (R)
	Senate President: Jeff Atwater (R)
	House Speaker: Larry Cretul (R)

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Gov. Charlie Crist resumes gambling talks with Seminoles

Stimulus eases community college troubles