A damaging verdict in a sexual harassment trial has not slowed County Commissioner Kevin White's drive for re-election. ...more

September 2, 2009

A Florida appeals court has reversed a lower court decision, ruling the state must give full faith and credit to adoptions granted to same-sex couples by other states. ...more

May 13, 2009

Confusion over a new circuit clerk filing fee has prompted a lawsuit, filed last week in Hillsborough County. ...more

March 31, 2009

The opponents of a plan to dump material dredged from the bottom of the Hernando Beach channel onto a county-owned piece of land on Shoal Line Boulevard will get a hearing in front of a judge. ...more

March 5, 2009

A company that was denied a permit to build a landfill near the Green Swamp is appealing the decision to an administrative law judge. ...more

March 4, 2009

Betmar Acres has offered to settle a lawsuit against mobile home owner Cheryl Okke, but she has yet to accept the offer. ...more

February 26, 2009

A special vaccine court ruled against parents with autistic children Thursday, saying that vaccines are not to blame for their children's neurological disorder. ...more

February 12, 2009

Objectors fear for Minnow Creek. ...more

February 12, 2009

One of the facts of political life in Florida has long been that the party in power after the 10-year U.S. census gets to overhaul legislative and congressional districts without regard to existing geographical boundaries or communities. ...more

February 4, 2009

A proposed development for land slated to be annexed could one day double the population of Avon Park, but some Lake Byrd residents have concerns that lake access would be opened up to thousands of residents. ...more

January 28, 2009