Settle down, supporters of President-elect Barack Obama. The headline above is not a prediction of what the Obama administration, backed by a solidly Democratic Congress, will accomplish. We've learned from decades of political observing not to place much value in the campaign promises of presidential candidates. They haven't help much when trying to predict what they will do once in the Oval Office. ...more

November 8, 2008

Homeowners who switched their clocks last weekend but neglected to switch their sprinkler timers are risking fines. ...more

November 8, 2008

Homeowners who switched their clocks last weekend but neglected to switch their sprinkler timers are risking fines. ...more

November 7, 2008

The planned route of Progress Energy's proposed high-power transmission line through Tampa Palms hardly caused a stir during an open house event last week. ...more

November 5, 2008

5:51 a.m.: All Right! It's here. If there weren't enough Election Day excitement after two years of campaign buildup, NBC political analyst Chuck Todd ensured today would be plenty dramatic. ...more

November 4, 2008

When reached last week, both Susan Gardner and Robert Angus Williams were out on the campaign trail trying to sway voters in Pasco and Pinellas counties. ...more

October 25, 2008

For the second day in a row, voters across the Tampa Bay area are lining up outside polling stations in record numbers to cast ballots for the Nov. 4 election. ...more

October 21, 2008

Sen. Bill Nelson is asking Gov. Charlie Crist to reconsider his administration's position against allowing federal poll watchers in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties and two other counties on Election Day. ...more

October 21, 2008