Only about four years ago, the state's school districts were adding portable classrooms, building new schools and classroom wings and struggling to find enough teachers to fill all those new classrooms. ...more

December 28, 2009

State lawmakers have formed a panel to dig into the details of the state's gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe. ...more

December 10, 2008

The political winds that swept President-elect Barack Obama to victory also may have eroded some of the Tampa Bay area's congressional clout. ...more

November 16, 2008

Toward the end of University of South Florida coach Jim Leavitt's National Signing Day news conference Wednesday, he remarked on all the factors contributing to this year's recruiting class, which ranked anywhere from third to sixth in the Big East. ...more

February 7, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County commissioners need to find one more person, with the right credentials, to appoint a state-mandated citizens advisory committee on affordable workforce housing. At stake is the county's ability to keep receiving about $900,000 per year in state funding for housing assistance programs. Ten of the 11 seats on the committee have been tentatively filled, but commissioners are waiting to appoint the committee until the 11th position is filled. That person must be a county resident "who is actively engaged as a for-profit provider of affordable housing," according to state law. "Generally, that would be a contractor or a developer," said Jim Polatty, the county's development director. ...more

December 1, 2007