Even as Sen. Barack Obama's supporters were saying the dispute over the Florida and Michigan convention delegates no longer matters, that dispute intensified Thursday with a new lawsuit and threat of a convention floor fight. ...more

May 23, 2008

The attorney for a woman who claims her arm was broken while in Orient Road Jail last year says maintaining order in detention facilities is critical but with the state's power to use force comes a responsibility to show restraint. ...more

February 21, 2008

TAMPA - The attorney for a woman who claims her arm was broken while in Orient Road Jail last year has provided The Tampa Tribune the notice of intent to sue sent to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. ...more

February 21, 2008

News of two more complaints about incidents of abuse at Orient Road Jail emerged Wednesday. ...more

February 21, 2008

Hillsborough County Chief Deputy Jose Docobo rejects any comparison between two jail booking incidents that have landed his department in legal trouble - one showing a deputy dumping a man from a wheelchair in January and another showing a deputy pulling a woman to the floor and punching her in 2006. ...more

February 20, 2008

TAMPA - Hillsborough County Chief Deputy Jose Docobo rejects any comparison between two jail booking incidents that have landed his department in legal trouble – one showing a deputy dumping a man from a wheelchair in January and another showing a deputy pulling a woman to the floor and punching her in 2006. ...more

February 19, 2008

SEBRING – Do you own a car? That's one of the questions which could land you in big trouble with the federal government if you're an employer and you pose that question to an applicant during a job interview. Here are some other non-offensive sounding questions which also could lead to a federal lawsuit accusing you of violating United States anti-discrimination laws: ...more

February 10, 2008

Boisterous people are often told to sit down or risk ejection from local meetings, but now, with the shooting deaths of five government workers during a meeting in Missouri, some Tampa Bay area officials are checking whether that's enough. ...more

February 9, 2008

TAMPA - Local government meetings can get contentious, and occasionally boisterous people are told to sit down or risk ejection. But never, at least around here, has anyone done what a disgruntled person did in Missouri on Thursday night. ...more

February 8, 2008

The voting district boundaries for Osceola County's school board are illegal and new ones must be created to avoid a federal lawsuit, the Department of Justice said. ...more

February 4, 2008