Florida educators are celebrating the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to throw off amendments 5, 7 and 9 off the November ballot. Florida Education Association President Andy Ford released a statement just minutes after decision - calling the ruling a victory for everyone in the state. James Call reports.

The Florida Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Amendment 5 dispute on Sept. 3rd. As James Call reports, earlier this month, a circuit court judge ordered the so-called tax swap amendment off the November ballot, saying it was misleading on several fronts.

Teams of Florida investigators have been sent to seven Florida counties to check on residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the wake of tropical storm Faye. As James Call reports officers will visit almost 700 facilities from Daytona Beach to the Keys.

A Tallahassee Circuit Judge has ordered Amendment 5 – the so-called “tax swap proposal” off of November Ballot. As James Call reports, he calls the ballot language misleading.

A north Florida Circuit Judge is deciding whether a proposed tax swap should be removed from the November ballot. As James Call reports a ruling could come as early as later this morning.

Criminals won't be able to work in Florida's mortgage industry under emergency rules adopted yesterday by Gov. Charlie Crist and the Cabinet. As James Call reports, the new regulations are a response to recent media reports that Florida licensed thousands of mortgage brokers with criminal backgrounds.

Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet have ordered an investigation into reports that the state allowed thousands of criminals to work in the mortgage business in recent years. James Call reports.

A group of Barack Obama supporters met over the weekend in Tallahassee to discuss ideas to be forwarded to the presumptive Democratic nominee’s campaign. As James Call reports it was one of more than a thousand such meetings held around the country to generate ideas for the national platform committee to consider.

An economic slowdown tends to spook the retail industry. In a sluggish economy people stop spending and that affects businesses’ bottom lines. As James Call tells us, consumers are starting to see the impact right on their doorstep.

This election year there’s a place…in cyberspace…where people participate in an online town meeting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As James Call reports, the website, which went up last week, hopes to help Republicans craft their party’s platform.