Back in 2000, the Pinellas County School Board and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund reached an agreement on a school-choice plan that signaled the end to a requirement that schools have a set ratio of black to white students. ...more

November 16, 2007

County commissioners gave independent trash haulers what they wanted Wednesday evening, voting 4-3 to reject amendments to a trash hauling ordinance that a judge ruled is flawed. ...more

November 8, 2007

A constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in Florida is closing in on a spot on the 2008 ballot, triggering a political battle that could sway voters in a presidential year. ...more

November 5, 2007

An appeals court has upheld the 30-year probation violation sentence for convicted child killer Lionel Tate, setting the stage for a trial on robbery charges that could add life in prison. ...more

October 26, 2007

This time, the ruling was only five lines long. In it, the 2nd District Court of Appeal all but put the kibosh on the city's hopes of keeping a condominium tower out of the Hyde Park Historic District. ...more

September 12, 2007