Florida's proposal to acquire 300 square miles of Everglades land from U.S. Sugar Corp. was illegally brokered in closed-door meetings, an attorney claimed in a lawsuit filed Friday. ...more

August 2, 2008

Timing is everything, and when it comes to convincing voters to support increasing their property taxes even for good causes is a difficult sell in the best of times. We're not even close to good economic times around here. ...more

August 1, 2008

The state's plan to buy 187,000 acres from U.S. Sugar Corp. worries the residents of Clewiston, whose town near Lake Okeechobee grew up with the sugar industry and is threatened by the loss of its main industry. ...more

July 20, 2008

Helping Those At Risk Regarding "Region Needs To Wake Up To Teen Sex Trafficking" (Our Opinion, July 13): ...more

July 20, 2008

Jim Withers sat in the back room of his small barbershop smoking a cigarette and studying his computer screen. ...more

July 13, 2008

SEBRING — Everglades Foods Inc., manufacturers of Everglades Seasoning products, announces the creation of two new sauces and a marinade: Everglades Gourmet Steak Sauce, Everglades Gourmet Remoulade Sauce and Everglades Wild Orange Marinade. All three of the new condiments are available at Wal-Mart stores around the state and south Georgia along with the original Everglades Moppin BBQ Sauce. They have updated labels that add a classier, simpler appeal, according to a press release from the company. ...more

July 5, 2008

The last time I heard from Dr. David Maehr, about three weeks ago, he invited me to go bear-tracking. ...more

July 3, 2008

A planned $1.75 billion deal to buy out U.S. Sugar Corp.'s land in the Everglades could end up costing twice that much, including interest payments, water managers said Friday. ...more

June 28, 2008

For the past seven months, Gov. Charlie Crist and his staff have been talking in secret with U.S. Sugar Corp. about buying all its holdings in South Florida. ...more

June 26, 2008

By any measure, Florida Gov. Charlie Christ's announcement to buy out U.S. Sugar to protect the Everglades is incredible. When has a governor anywhere offered a billion-dollar buyout for environmental purposes? While we praise his courage, and admire any Florida politician who sees and remedies faulty policy that's gone on for decades, we worry about the human toll this will take. ...more

June 25, 2008