Guantanamo As Prison and Courtroom: Is a White House Policy Unraveling or Coming Together?
ProPublica: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will reportedly authorize new military commission trials for detainees.
In Tallahassee, Only Thing Missing Is Cactus
Ralph De La Cruz: Florida's state government is acting like the eastern extension of the Arizona State Capitol.
States Will Soon Have To Start Paying Interest on Their Massive Unemployment Borrowing
ProPublica: Florida's unemployment fund is bankrupt, and the state has borrowed $2 billion from the federal government.
E-Verify: Is This Guy Really Our Governor?
Ralph De La Cruz: Gov. Rick Scott, a proponent of small government, increased the influence and reach of state bureaucracy in one of his first order of business.
New Year’s Resolution: Clean Government
Ralph De La Cruz: Florida's resolution for 2011 should be for the state legislature to implement recommendations from the statewide grand jury investigating corruption.
Where Things Stand: Gulf Oil Spill Claims
ProPublica: Although nearly $3 billion has been paid out to date, there have also been chronic delays and a lack of transparency about payment decisions that have caused frustration and in many cases serious economic hardship to claimants.