Sheriff's deputies got involved after protesters blocked the entrance to a Palm Beach County power plant Monday and jammed up traffic for at least a mile. ...more

February 19, 2008

Though a lot of anglers seem to have forgotten it, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission passed a rule last fall adding February to the closed snook season on the state's west coast. The winter closure formerly had run from Dec. 15 to Jan. 31. ...more

February 6, 2008

In silk ties and blue formal gowns, the teenagers smiled at the crowd and news cameras, and belted out what could be Florida's new state song - a composition inspired by the Everglades and written by an elementary school music teacher who lives in Pompano Beach. ...more

January 12, 2008

After the Democrats took control of the Congress in 2007, they tried to limit funding on the war in Iraq. Some voters wanted the Democrats to stop the war. When will that happen? Mahoney didn't see it that way: "I don't think that's the right characterization." Instead, he wants President Bush to refocus on the war on terrorism. Mahoney, D-Palm Beach, who was elected to represent Highlands County and the 16th District in the U.S. House of Representatives, spent Friday talking to television stations and newspaper reporters about his first year in Congress. ...more

January 7, 2008

Michelle Faedo's cafe is the home of the very best Cuban sandwich in Tampa, and probably the civilized universe. ...more

December 21, 2007

A severe drought, forecast for 2008, could further damage the fragile Everglades ecosystem at a time when officials are scrambling to save the state's River of Grass. ...more

December 18, 2007

SEVEN YEARS AGO Congress approved the Everglades restoration plan. Funding delays have affected construction costs and ...more

November 25, 2007

The multibillion-dollar project to restore the Everglades has come to a near standstill, and the government can no longer estimate how much it will cost or how long it will take, the top federal official in charge of construction told The Associated Press. ...more

November 23, 2007

U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez recently gave President Bush some bad news. Not only was he quitting a Republican Party job that Bush lobbied him hard to take, he planned to help Democrats override Bush's veto of a multibillion dollar water bill with Everglades cleanup money. ...more

November 13, 2007

The House handed President Bush the first veto override of his presidency Tuesday, voting overwhelmingly to save a $23 billion water resources bill stuffed with pet projects sought by lawmakers from both political parties, including almost $2 billion for Everglades restoration projects. ...more

November 7, 2007