Mark Schneider: A statewide review, directed by the Florida Society of News Editors as part of Sunshine Week, found that new privacy requirements are slowing down public access to court records.

Howard Goodman: Florida A&M University’s Marching 100 has long been a joyous model of high-stepping, boisterous precision. But since the hazing death of a drum major, it has been an organization in crisis, its reputation in tatters.

Mc Nelly Torres: The Sunshine State leads the nation in instituting merit pay for public school teachers.

Ralph De La Cruz: The Cuban government has announced that Cuban citizens (but not exiles and foreigners) will be able to buy and sell real estate as of Nov. 10.

Ralph De La Cruz: The Pew Research Center reports that the wealth gap between whites and blacks and Hispanics has never been greater.

ProPublica: Officials at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission repeatedly weakened safety standards or decided not to enforce them in order to keep aging nuclear reactors in compliance.

A statewide test that requested information from local governments showed that most are complying with Florida’s public records law, a major improvement over past years when most did not.