EDITOR'S NOTE: Early voting continues until Aug. 23 for the Aug. 26 primary. As a service to voters, we will publish this highlights box on days that polls are open. To read the complete analyses, check out the Tribune's opinion page on tbo.com. ...more

August 15, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: Early voting begins today - and ends Aug. 23 - for the Aug. 26 primary. As a service to voters, we will publish this highlights box on days that polls are open. To read the complete analyses, check out the Tribune's opinion page on tbo.com. ...more

August 14, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: Early voting begins today - and ends Aug. 23 - for the Aug. 26 primary. As a service to voters, we will publish this highlights box on days that polls are open. To read the complete analyses, check out the Tribune's opinion page on tbo.com. ...more

August 13, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: Early voting begins today - and ends Aug. 23 - for the Aug. 26 primary. As a service to voters, we will publish this highlights box on days that polls are open. To read the complete analyses, check out the Tribune's opinion page on tbo.com. ...more

August 12, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: Early voting begins today - and ends Aug. 23 - for the Aug. 26 primary. As a service to voters, we will publish this highlights box on days that polls are open. To read the complete analyses, check out the Tribune's opinion page on tbo.com. ...more

August 11, 2008

Congressional District 9 is a good example of a district drawn to suit politicians rather than serve voters. ...more

August 7, 2008

Navy Lt. Melane Byrd, daughter of Melane and Johnnie B. Byrd Jr., recently returned home from a seven-month deployment to the Persian Gulf with the aircraft carrier USS Truman in Virginia Beach, Va. ...more

August 6, 2008

PLANT CITY Natalie Sweet wandered into Parkesdale Farm Market to pick up a few green peppers. She was about to leave with a whole lot more. ...more

August 1, 2008

Presidential candidate Barack Obama's Plant City stop this afternoon turned out to be at the popular tourist destination, Parkesdale Farm Market. He was accompanied by John Dicks, a Democratic congressional candidate and former mayor of Plant City. ...more

August 1, 2008

Freshman Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor, is the second Tampa Bay area congressman to raise at least $1 million for his re-election bid this fall, exceeding $1.05 million. ...more

July 18, 2008