A House panel has rejected a request from former House Speaker Ray Sansom that it suspend its investigation into his conduct while criminal proceedings against him are still pending. ...more

November 5, 2009

All Children's Hospital will appeal an $11.1 million negligence verdict over the care of a 3-month-old in its emergency room in 2000. ...more

October 27, 2009

Death row inmate Oscar Ray Bolin Jr., who is awaiting execution for the murder of two Bay area women in 1986, has won a new trial - his fourth - in the slaying of a third woman that same year. ...more

March 21, 2009

Death row inmate Oscar Ray Bolin Jr., who is awaiting execution for the murder of two Bay area women in 1986, has won a new trial – his fourth – in the slaying of a third woman that same year. ...more

March 20, 2009

Public defenders are notoriously overworked, their turnover is high and their pay low. Now, in the most open revolt by public defenders in memory, the government-appointed lawyers say that budget cuts and rising caseloads have pushed them to the breaking point. ...more

November 9, 2008

Former police Capt. Marion Lewis lost his appeal last month to get his job back, but he hasn't given up the fight. Lewis, who was forced to quit when he ran against Mayor Pam Iorio last year, filed court documents this week seeking a hearing of the case before Florida Supreme Court. ...more

October 16, 2008

Former police Capt. Marion Lewis has lost another round in his battle to get back the job he had to quit when he ran against Mayor Pam Iorio last year. ...more

September 27, 2008

This month's Mayor's Hour on CTTV features some fascinating local history. Mayor Pam Iorio and I were on location at the J.C. Newman Cigar Factory in Ybor City, which was built in 1910 and is the only active operation in the Tampa Bay area. It is the oldest family-owned one in the nation. ...more

September 24, 2008

Time to place the Hillsborough County mayor question on November's ballot is getting short. ...more

September 12, 2008

The Florida Supreme Court is getting a challenge to a ballot proposal that would trade a property tax cut for increases in other taxes. ...more

August 20, 2008