Property owners on this small barrier island filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to invalidate the designation of 6,200 acres as protected beach mouse habitat. ...more

December 22, 2007

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is suing to stop the federal government from approving an agreement between Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe that will allow expanded gambling at Indian casinos. ...more

December 21, 2007

House Speaker Marco Rubio filed a petition with the state Supreme Court on Monday seeking to require the Legislature's approval of any gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe. ...more

November 20, 2007

Two environmental groups are asking the Interior Department to declare loggerhead sea turtles that inhabit the Atlantic coast officially endangered, maintaining that tens of thousands of them are killed annually by commercial fishing and because of coastal development. ...more

November 15, 2007

The federal government told Gov. Charlie Crist that it will take steps to allow expanded gambling in Seminole Indian casinos if he doesn't reach an agreement with the tribe by Nov. 15. ...more

November 7, 2007

The U.S. Department of the Interior remains prepared to step in and issue rules for Class III gaming in the state's Seminole casinos but will continue to hold off doing so while the tribe and governor's office work on a deal of their own. ...more

September 12, 2007