A bill proposed by Sen. Ronda Storms of Valrico to abandon the longstanding requirement that legal ads and notices be published in a local newspaper would make it harder for citizens to know what their governments are doing. ...more

March 30, 2009

Land-use planner Linda Pearson, a former county official who is now in private business, has filed to run for the Hillsborough County Commission seat held by Ken Hagan. ...more

March 4, 2009

Golf course owners and some of their customers are teed off at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. So are veterinarians, auto mechanics and amusement park operators. ...more

January 26, 2009

Republican John McCain and his supporters on Monday branded Democrat Barack Obama a liberal and criticized feminists and the media as they rallied their conservative base in Missouri, a hotly contested bellwether state, two weeks before the election. ...more

October 21, 2008

District 5 county Commissioner Jack Mariano faces fellow Republican Rich Jenkins in the Aug. 26 primary. The winner will face off with Democrat Ginny Miller in November. ...more

August 15, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist's veto Monday of a key transportation bill escalated the feud with fellow Republican Marco Rubio, R-West Miami, the departing House speaker. ...more

June 17, 2008

Pasco GOP Chairman Bill Bunting will ask candidates in the upcoming Republican primary to sign a written pledge to support the winners, whoever they may be. ...more

May 23, 2008

Three challengers have filed paperwork to run against longtime Pasco County Commissioner Ann Hildebrand, and Jack Mariano also has drawn opposition in his bid for re-election. ...more

January 30, 2008

A retired vice squad commander is hoping to unseat his former boss in the upcoming Republican primary race for sheriff. ...more

January 5, 2008

Cheerfully envisioning a brighter energy future for Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist last week led a group of three other governors in challenging the whole nation to follow their lead toward using less foreign oil and producing lower amounts of heat-trapping emissions. ...more

December 17, 2007