The Senate's chief budget writer says lawmakers may consider a pay cut for state employees. ...more

March 16, 2009

Sarasota County would get two more years to find a new spring training baseball team to replace the Cincinnati Reds, according to legislation the Florida Senate is expected to take up this afternoon. State Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, said she'll propose an amendment to Senate Bill 1308 that would essentially give Sarasota and Sarasota County two more years to build a new stadium. If they don't find a team by the end of two years, the money would go back to the state. ...more

March 10, 2009

In November, you elected me to be your clerk of circuit court and county comptroller. This office was created by Andrew Jackson and solidified in the constitution of the state of Florida in 1938 to protect the interests of each citizen by safeguarding your court, official and financial records. This separation of powers ensures the integrity of our court system without the risk of conflicts of interest. And, like all our cherished rights and protections, if we are not careful to preserve the public interest, we may lose ground to other pressing initiatives. ...more

March 8, 2009

A bill passed Wednesday would make human smuggling a third degree felony with a five-year maximum prison sentence. ...more

February 4, 2009

The Florida Senate wants to strip more than $700,000 from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer and Research Center, on top of the $10 million that lawmakers took from the center last spring. ...more

January 10, 2009

TALLAHASSEE The Florida Senate wants to strip more than $700,000 from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer and Research Center, on top of the $10 million that lawmakers took from the center last spring. ...more

January 9, 2009

Another President Bush? Perhaps so, says former President George H.W. Bush, who has already seen one son, George W., serve in the Oval Office. The nation's 41st president said Sunday that he would like to see a second son, Jeb, be president one day. ...more

January 5, 2009

With the demand for electricity declining in recent months, some state lawmakers want to short-circuit part of a rate increase of nearly 25 percent for Progress Energy Florida. ...more

January 3, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday appointed seven new members to the state's policy-making team on energy and climate change. The new members of the Florida Energy and Climate Commission are: Debra S. Harrison of Marathon, Florida director of the World Wildlife Fund; Timothy T. Jackson of Orlando, chief executive officer, Glatting Jackson Kercher & Anglin; James F. Murley of Miami, director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions; Kathy Baughman McLeod of Tallahassee, deputy chief of staff to Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink; Nils J. Diaz of St. Pete Beach, former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Howell L. Ferguson of Tallahassee, CEO of Lykes Bros.; and Nicholas C. Gladding, a Sarasota lawyer with Ruden McClosky. ...more

December 2, 2008

With results trickling in, the winner of Hillsborough's District 7 at-large school board seat was too close to call early this morning. ...more

November 5, 2008