The federal Atomic Safety and Licensing Board on Wednesday granted standing to three petitioners who challenged the proposed Progress Energy Florida nuclear power plant in Levy County and will hear arguments on three of their legal arguments on why the plant shouldn't be built. ...more

July 9, 2009

A frustrated Florida Democratic activist plans to appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal appeals panel dismissed his claim that the national party improperly stripped the state of its delegates to the national convention. ...more

February 2, 2009

The question of what Youssef Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed were doing when they were arrested during a road trip in South Carolina last year is at the center of legal arguments now before a federal appeals court. ...more

October 19, 2008

The question of what Youssef Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed were doing when they were arrested during a road trip in South Carolina last year is at the center of legal arguments now before a federal appeals court. ...more

October 17, 2008

A man sentenced to die for strangling a teenager 25 years ago will avoid execution for at least three weeks while his appeal of lethal injection procedures is considered, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday. ...more

October 6, 2008

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Steven Lorenzo, who is serving 200 years in federal prison for drugging and sexually torturing nine men. ...more

September 17, 2008

The fate of the county mayor question is in the hands of a three-judge panel. ...more

September 5, 2008

A lawsuit seeking to disqualify write-in candidate John M. Taylor and open the District 1 county commission primary to all Pasco County voters is holding up the mailing of 10,000 absentee ballots. ...more

July 3, 2008

Anyone interested in learning why death penalty cases take years to resolve should take a look at the prosecution of Faunce Levon Pearce. ...more

June 14, 2008

The federal government and a private laboratory have no duty under state law to protect the public from lethal materials, their lawyers told the Florida Supreme Court on Monday in a lawsuit over the anthrax death of a supermarket tabloid photo editor. ...more

May 6, 2008