FORT MYERS, Fla. - Henrietta Hughes slept only a few hours that first night, her pickup truck's seat barely reclining. For the next seven months, she and her son camped night after night in obscure parking lots alongside the same nameless faces. ...more

February 13, 2009

The number of students in Florida receiving private school vouchers backed by corporate taxes has grown by 86 percent since 2003, to nearly 21,500 students, according to the Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability, an agency that conducts research for the Legislature. ...more

January 6, 2009

The watchdog for the Florida Legislature says a state program that diverts corporate taxes to private school vouchers saved $38.9 million last year. ...more

December 17, 2008

The watchdog for the Florida Legislature says a state program that diverts corporate taxes to private school vouchers saved the $38.9 million in fiscal year 2007-08. ...more

December 16, 2008

The YMCA program that helps local kindergarteners learn to swim may be on the line at local schools. ...more

October 6, 2008

On Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Crist named Ricky Polston, a judge on the state's First District Court of Appeal, to the Florida Supreme Court, replacing Justice Kenneth Bell, who had resigned. Last month, Crist named former Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Canady, then a judge on the Second DCA, to replace resigned Justice Raoul Cantero. ...more

October 4, 2008

The Florida Supreme Court has removed three proposed state constitutional amendments dealing with school taxes and vouchers from the Nov. 4 ballot. ...more

September 3, 2008

Appellate Judge Charles Canady, who as a congressman helped prosecute then-President Clinton at his 1999 impeachment trial, was appointed Thursday to the Florida Supreme Court by Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

August 29, 2008

Two proposed state constitutional amendments that could expand school vouchers will stay on the Nov. 4 ballot, a judge ruled Monday. ...more

August 5, 2008

Florida's voluntary prekindergarten program begins its fourth year in 2008-09. It operates as a taxpayer-funded voucher program for 4-year-olds and is mostly in private and faith-based schools. ...more

August 1, 2008