Florida Watch episode No. 2: Discussing the federal health care ruling: News. Politics. Media

The Gulf Coast Claims Facility has been paying claims to tourism businesses affected by the BP oil spill, but a fishing industry representative told the Florida Senate Agriculture Committee that another group of businesses — seafood wholesalers — may not be faring as well.

Circuit Judge Jackie Fulford ruled today that the process by which the Florida Legislature pushed through a plan to privatize prisons in 18 counties was unconstitutional, writing that the Department of Corrections proceeded without statutory authority and contrary to statutory authority by implementing the plan.