Sarasota County would get two more years to find a new spring training baseball team to replace the Cincinnati Reds, according to legislation the Florida Senate is expected to take up this afternoon. State Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, said she'll propose an amendment to Senate Bill 1308 that would essentially give Sarasota and Sarasota County two more years to build a new stadium. If they don't find a team by the end of two years, the money would go back to the state. ...more

March 10, 2009

The start of Obama's presidency is a new chance for our nation to actively push for 21st century innovations and clean technology that the public health, our natural world, and future generations deserve. Energy is a fundamental issue in our rapidly changing world, and 2009 is poised to be the year for legislative action. But citizens must participate in this important process. ...more

January 24, 2009

Florida could get about $4.3 billion in added federal Medicaid funding this year under the $825 billion economic recovery package being crafted by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders, said Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor of Tampa. ...more

January 23, 2009

Rep. Henry Waxman - a liberal ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi - has wrested the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee from veteran Rep. John Dingell when the new Congress convenes in January. ...more

November 20, 2008

Tainted tomatoes highlight how Congress forfeited some food-safety opportunities in the new farm bill. ...more

June 11, 2008

Many hear the call, but few sitting senators actually make the move to the White House. Last week, we saw why. ...more

February 26, 2008

Many hear the call, but few sitting senators actually make the move to the White House. Last week, we saw why. ...more

February 23, 2008

A Democratic lawmaker proposed legislation Wednesday to stop network providers from playing traffic cop on the Internet. ...more

February 14, 2008

Although the volume of prescription drugs and drug ingredients coming into the country from foreign manufacturers in developing nations such as India and China has exploded in recent years, the Food and Drug Administration's budget for foreign inspections has not kept pace. And it will be lower in 2008 than it was in 2002, congressional investigators said. ...more

November 1, 2007

The United States is starting to look like a slowpoke on the Internet. Examples abound of countries that have faster and cheaper broadband connections, and more of their population connected to them. ...more

October 31, 2007