The state's Interim emergency management director Ruben Almaguer submitted his resignation letter Monday, saying he wanted to stay in his job while allegations against him were investigated, but that he wasn't given that opportunity. ...more

January 4, 2010

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Gov. Charlie Crist is changing advisers. Crist announced today that he's replacing Chief of Staff Eric Eikenberg with deputy chief of staff Shane Strum, 40. ...more

October 20, 2009

Sheriff Bob White has hired former Florida Highway Patrol chief of staff Christopher Nucco as captain of administration. ...more

March 19, 2009

A King County sheriff's deputy kicks a 15-year-old girl, slams her to the floor of a jail cell, strikes her and pulls her hair in violence captured on videotape. ...more

February 28, 2009

Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama's economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care. ...more

February 1, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday appointed seven new members to the state's policy-making team on energy and climate change. The new members of the Florida Energy and Climate Commission are: Debra S. Harrison of Marathon, Florida director of the World Wildlife Fund; Timothy T. Jackson of Orlando, chief executive officer, Glatting Jackson Kercher & Anglin; James F. Murley of Miami, director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions; Kathy Baughman McLeod of Tallahassee, deputy chief of staff to Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink; Nils J. Diaz of St. Pete Beach, former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Howell L. Ferguson of Tallahassee, CEO of Lykes Bros.; and Nicholas C. Gladding, a Sarasota lawyer with Ruden McClosky. ...more

December 2, 2008

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

SEBRING — WAVES, says Betsy Waddell, is a World War II acronym for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services. Waddell is a former chief petty officer, so she wasn't a volunteer. At her last assignment, she ran the military hospital billing department for the spouses of sailors. And that is what WAVES prefer to be called these days, says Waddell. Women serve in nearly every job the Navy offers, including ships. ...more

May 30, 2008

The Democrats' flagship proposal on Iraq is aimed at bringing most troops home. Yet, if enacted, the law would still allow for tens of thousands of U.S. troops to stay deployed for years to come. ...more

November 23, 2007

Faced with higher recruiting goals, the Pentagon is quietly looking for ways to make it easier for people with minor criminal records to join the military, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

November 7, 2007