Monday morning's call to 7983 Shadow Run Drive was nothing unusual for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. The agency already had been called to the home three times in March, including the night before. ...more

March 31, 2009

The state's Board of Governors has formed a search team to find the next leader of Florida's public university system. Its work will begin later this month, though board Chairwoman Sheila McDevitt has given them no deadline to find a replacement for Chancellor Mark Rosenberg. Rosenberg plans to leave his job in February and join the faculty of Florida International University in Miami. ...more

October 15, 2008

For most of the past 20 years, Carolyn Roberts has helped oversee Florida's university system. She has fought plenty of battles, but always on the side of what she thought was best for Florida's students. ...more

July 4, 2008

The plaintiffs fighting for the Board of Governors' right to set public university tuition in Florida have no standing to sue the Legislature unless they can show otherwise, a Leon County judge ruled Thursday. ...more

January 4, 2008

The plaintiffs fighting for the Board of Governors' right to set public university tuition in Florida have no standing to sue the Legislature unless they can show otherwise, a Leon County judge ruled today. ...more

January 3, 2008

Florida Board of Governors Chairwoman Carolyn Roberts is such a disarming presence that one might imagine she swayed Gov. Charlie Crist's opposition to university tuition increases with little more than one of her warm, reassuring pats on the hand and a few soothing words in her lilting Southern drawl. ...more

October 21, 2007

The state's university oversight board voted Thursday to defy Florida lawmakers and raise tuition by 5 percent this spring. ...more

September 28, 2007

Saying he has tapped a 'valuable partner in addressing the challenges facing our state's institutions of higher learning,' Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday appointed Dean Colson to the new position of special adviser on higher education. ...more

September 19, 2007