The Seminole Indian Tribe would get a monopoly on big-payout slot machines across Florida but would have to give up casino games under legislation unveiled by the state House on Friday. ...more

March 28, 2009

The Democratic-led House overwhelmingly approved a bill today to slap punishing taxes on big employee bonuses from AIG and other firms bailed out by taxpayers. The vote was 328-93. "We want our money back and we want our money back now for the taxpayers," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. ...more

March 19, 2009

Sheriff Bob White has hired former Florida Highway Patrol chief of staff Christopher Nucco as captain of administration. ...more

March 19, 2009

The Byrd Institute in Tampa is lobbying state leaders for "survival" funding to keep its lights on and research efforts going. ...more

March 10, 2009

The Byrd Alzheimer's Center in Tampa is lobbying state leaders for "survival" funding to keep its lights on and research efforts going. ...more

March 9, 2009

When the state's development friendly lawmakers aren't trying to undo growth management laws, they're trying to gut or eliminate altogether the agency charged with enforcing them, the Department of Community Affairs. ...more

March 8, 2009

Congressional officials say President Barack Obama has told lawmakers he plans to pull troops out of Iraq by August 2010. ...more

February 26, 2009

State spending would grow and property taxes drop under a new budget proposal from Gov. Charlie Crist that relies heavily on a handout from the federal government. ...more

February 21, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI received Nancy Pelosi, one of the most prominent abortion rights politicians in the United States, and told her Wednesday that Catholic politicians have a duty to protect life "at all stages of its development." ...more

February 19, 2009

The state still faces a deficit of up to $700 million this fiscal year - and $5 billion next year - despite last month's budget-cutting session, the Senate's top budget chief said Monday. ...more

February 10, 2009