Is Florida's population about to be undercounted again? Or would that be overcounted again? ...more

March 1, 2009

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his political donors won a lucrative state contract. ...more

January 5, 2009

Eight-year incumbent U.S. Rep. Adam Putnam faces political newcomer Douglas Tudor in the race for District 12, a seat that serves most of Polk County and parts of Hillsborough and Osceola counties. ...more

October 19, 2008

Regarding "Traviesa's Aide Tapped For Race" (Metro, Aug. 16): Local Republican Party leaders made a poor choice selecting the too young, inexperienced, undereducated, carpetbagging Rachel Burgin as their candidate for Florida House District 56. There is no logical case that can be made why a one-term legislative aide for another carpetbagger bests the likes of Sandy Murman, Mark Proctor and the others who really live in and care about District 56 for more than one term. ...more

August 22, 2008

Those at the July 18 meeting of the SouthShore Roundtable got to hear both sides of the county mayor issue. ...more

July 30, 2008

President Bush began two days of talks with Saudi leaders Monday as his administration sent formal notice to Congress of a controversial U.S. sale of "smart bomb" technology to this desert kingdom. ...more

January 15, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist, with a politician's ability to evade interrogation, has been dodging one question more than any other lately: Could he be a candidate for vice president in 2008? ...more

November 20, 2007

Florida is enlisting the help of hundreds of farmers and nursery growers to clean up the state's polluted waterways, but environmentalists complain the environment is suffering under the partnership. ...more

November 18, 2007

Critics are saying that Michael Mukasey, a less-controversial choice than other rumored candidates, is evidence of the president's reduced political clout. ...more

September 17, 2007

The celebration of Labor Day is muted this year for most workers. Union membership is down, pay is flat and pensions are rare. ...more

September 3, 2007