The Florida economy will turn around but it will take the work both of residents and of government leaders to make it happen. ...more

November 25, 2009

Bay area high-school students hope to persuade state legislators to make teenagers wear headsets when talking on a cell phone while driving and to give mandatory jail time to teachers who have sex with students. ...more

March 28, 2009

TAMPA A bill proposed by Armwood High students passed 7-0 today through its first state House committee stop. ...more

March 27, 2009

Bay area high-school students hope to persuade state legislators to make teenagers wear headsets to use cell phones while driving and to give mandatory jail time to teachers who have sex with students. ...more

March 26, 2009

A Leto High senior has a chance to see whether her idea can become state law, although it might not make her popular with some of her peers. ...more

February 6, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Leto High senior Karishma Mahtani has a chance to make her idea a state law, but it might not make her popular with friends who like to text, talk on the phone or fiddle with MP3 players while driving. ...more

February 4, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Leto High senior Karishma Mahtani has a chance to make her idea a state law, but it might not make her popular with friends who like to text, talk on the phone or fiddle with MP3 players while driving. ...more

February 4, 2009

Roberto Benigno Campos thought there ought to be a law for kicking a man out of a bar at closing time, police said. When the staff at the ShangriLa Gentleman's Oasis scooped up his drink about 3:15 a.m. today to shut down for the night, Campos called 911 to say he'd been robbed, an affidavit states. Tampa police were not amused. ...more

January 21, 2009

The school day wouldn't start for another hour at Schrader Elementary, but already seven students were signing onto computers in an effort to learn a little more about how they fit into the global scheme of things. ...more

January 17, 2009

This being the Fourth of July weekend, if I were king I would issue a simple proclamation, something along these lines: ...more

July 5, 2008