Secret elections are imperfect expressions of the public will, but nothing else is better. They work well in a number of democratic contexts, especially in selecting government representatives and in whether a company's workers want to unionize. ...more

March 24, 2009

The Florida Legislature is grappling with a $7 billion budget deficit, an insurance crisis and burdensome tax increases. ...more

March 22, 2009

New tax incentives to coax automakers into producing electric cars won't help consumers right away. The way to help now would be to make roads safer for the small electric vehicles currently available. ...more

March 14, 2009

The organizer of a day that brought nearly 200 Florida Muslims to the state Capitol to lobby politicians Tuesday was called a "known terrorist sympathizer" by a head lawmaker and others, a label the leader emphatically rejected. ...more

March 11, 2009

The organizer of a day that brought nearly 200 Florida Muslims to the state Capitol to lobby politicians today was called a "known terrorist sympathizer" by a head lawmaker and others, a label the leader emphatically rejected. ...more

March 10, 2009

Best Buy Trimming Corporate Jobs Best Buy Co. said Thursday that 250 workers at its corporate headquarters in suburban Minneapolis would lose their current jobs as the electronics chain pares its work force, though most might get new positions with the company. ...more

February 20, 2009

Florida stands to save more than $100 million a year with competitive bidding and other changes in the way it awards contracts, two state lawmakers from the area say. State Rep. Tom Anderson, R-Dunedin, and state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, recently filed legislation to establish an advisory committee to evaluate the state procurement and contracting process. ...more

December 31, 2008

DEMOCRATS •Alex Sink - State chief financial officer, from Tampa, is her party's 800-pound gorilla - if she wants the nomination, it's hers. ...more

December 3, 2008

House Speaker-designate Ray Sansom, R-Destin, selected six Republicans for his new leadership team Tuesday. ...more

September 10, 2008

Anyone who knows Gov. Charlie Crist knows he's a live-and-let-live kind of guy. ...more

October 20, 2007