A state Senate committee today approved a bill that would require Florida's electric utilities to get 20 percent of their power from "clean" energy, including nuclear and coal, by 2020. ...more

March 31, 2009

About 3.8 million uninsured Floridians can start applying for low-cost health coverage through a new state program on Jan. 5. ...more

December 11, 2008

SUN CITY CENTER As John McCain released new tax proposals Tuesday to help retirees, the Barack Obama campaign held meetings across Florida bashing McCain as willing to "gamble" with Social Security. ...more

October 15, 2008

Why Denver? Why are Democrats holding their national convention next week in the hub of the Rocky Mountains rather than a traditional presidential battleground state such as Florida or Ohio, or some other large-delegate state such as New York? ...more

August 21, 2008

Hillsborough's legislative delegation has a reputation for being weak and easy to ignore in Tallahassee because it lacks the influence and leadership needed to make things happen. ...more

August 21, 2008

The prospects for a quick economic recovery dimmed Thursday, with new data showing the economy grew at a slower-than-expected rate this spring despite some oomph from tax rebate checks - and actually shrank late last year. ...more

August 1, 2008

With the help of one of Washington's best-connected lawyers, Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are negotiating a thicket of complicated issues, like how to repay Clinton's campaign debt and her role at the Democratic convention. ...more

June 26, 2008

University of Florida officials sent letters Tuesday to 11,300 current and former students informing them that the university mistakenly posted their names, addresses and Social Security numbers online. ...more

June 11, 2008

The multibillion-dollar project to restore the Everglades has come to a near standstill, and the government can no longer estimate how much it will cost or how long it will take, the top federal official in charge of construction told The Associated Press. ...more

November 23, 2007

The Bush administration is advancing a proposal to levy higher premiums and deductibles on upper-income seniors enrolled in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit, raising fees on beneficiaries with more than $80,000 in income a year, administration officials said Thursday. ...more

October 5, 2007