I was amazed to see the Hillsborough County School Board members acted like adults in keeping Good Friday on the school calendar and not making it a school holiday. ...more

May 26, 2009

The sediment at the bottom of the Hernando Beach channel is not contaminated with petroleum products, according to testing done by a county consultant and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. ...more

March 18, 2009

Pasco County is lining up for a big chunk to the federal government's stimulus money. We're not sure the things the county plans to do with the money will help the county's housing-dependent economy. ...more

February 7, 2009

The sponsors of Proposition 8 asked the California Supreme Court on Friday to nullify the marriages of the estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who exchanged vows before voters approved the ballot initiative that outlawed gay unions. ...more

December 19, 2008

Last January, I wrote a column predicting that the suggested Spring Hill Fire Rescue merger "would be too hot for commissioners to handle." ...more

October 26, 2008

Other counties are joining Pinellas in letting voters who fail Florida's "no match, no vote" test to confirm their identities at the polls and cast regular ballots on Election Day. ...more

October 23, 2008

Pinellas County will allow some new voters to resolve problems with their registrations at the polls, despite the state's warnings that it could trigger legal challenges. ...more

October 11, 2008

Ten angry beer drinkers are trying to derail the largest brewery takeover in history. ...more

September 12, 2008

A federal judge has struck down the heart of a law that would have banned state universities from organizing academic research trips to Cuba, calling it unconstitutional. ...more

August 30, 2008

Eighteen months after Florida botched its last execution, its new lethal injection procedures resulted in what appeared to be a smooth and peaceful death Tuesday for child killer Mark Dean Schwab. ...more

July 5, 2008