WASHINGTON - A pair of one-night polls gave Barack Obama a clear edge over John McCain in their first presidential debate. ...more

September 27, 2008

A Mason-Dixon poll released this morning on NBC's "Today" show, showed that if the presidential election was held today, Florida voters slightly favored Sen. Barack Obama over Sen. John McCain. The difference was 2 percentage points, and the margin for error in the poll of 625 randomly selected "likely voters" was 4 points. Overall, the poll showed that 47 percent of the survey would vote for Obama and 45 percent for McCain. ...more

September 23, 2008

Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Illinois Sen. Barack Obama the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks - many calling them "lazy," "violent" or responsible for their own troubles. ...more

September 23, 2008

Florida's unemployment rate in July increased to 6.1 percent, the highest in the state in 13 years. ...more

August 16, 2008

Florida's unemployment rate increased in July to 6.1 percent, a level not seen in the state since January 1995. ...more

August 15, 2008

Well before Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain rose to the top of their parties, a partisan shift was under way at the local and state level. For more than three years starting in 2005, there has been a reduction in the number of voters who register with the Republican Party and a rise among voters who affiliate with Democrats and, almost as often, with no party at all. ...more

August 5, 2008

With school grades released Tuesday, officials at one local school are celebrating a particularly large milestone. ...more

July 10, 2008

OFFICIALS AT AREA SCHOOLS CELEBRATE HIGH GRADES ...more

July 9, 2008

Settled in a moderate abode in one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, Patti Galvin was content in her primary role as a wife and mother. But she also made time for a work-study program in nursing, a field in which she hoped to eventually find a part-time job that fit in with her family's schedule. ...more

July 9, 2008

Who would you rather hang out with at a Fourth of July barbecue: John McCain or Barack Obama? ...more

July 3, 2008