LAND O' LAKES - A charter school has withdrawn its application to have its charter fall under the jurisdiction of the Florida Schools of Excellence Commission rather than the Pasco County School Board. ...more

December 19, 2008

Final results of Hillsborough County elections released Friday night. Percentages may not add up to 100 because of rounding ...more

November 8, 2008

In a victory for free speech and freedom of the press, the Florida Supreme Court in two cases recently made it harder to bring invasion-of-privacy claims against newspapers. ...more

November 3, 2008

Former police Capt. Marion Lewis lost his appeal last month to get his job back, but he hasn't given up the fight. ...more

October 17, 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

On Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Crist named Ricky Polston, a judge on the state's First District Court of Appeal, to the Florida Supreme Court, replacing Justice Kenneth Bell, who had resigned. Last month, Crist named former Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Canady, then a judge on the Second DCA, to replace resigned Justice Raoul Cantero. ...more

October 4, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist announced this morning that he has chosen Judge Ricky Polston of the First District Court of Appeal to sit on the Florida Supreme Court. ...more

October 1, 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

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a new evidentiary hearing in a 22-year-old Leon County murder case and said it must be sent outside the 2nd Judicial Circuit to avoid any appearance of judicial bias. ...more

September 26, 2008

When Charlie Crist appointed Second District Court of Appeal Judge Charles Canady of Lakeland to the Florida Supreme Court late last month, critics attacked his choice as political and ideological. ...more

September 14, 2008