Allan Katz of Tallahassee, a Democratic Party activist and early supporter of President Barack Obama, has been nominated ambassador to Portugal. ...more

November 30, 2009

Three dozen winners highlighting enormous changes in the communication media were announced Wednesday in the 2008 Peabody Awards. ...more

April 1, 2009

Congress convenes its new two-year session in early January, and the Tampa Bay area's federal lawmakers agree that the ailing economy and Americans' dwindling access to health care are priorities. ...more

December 29, 2008

Congress convenes its new two-year session in early January, and Tampa Bay's federal lawmakers agree that the ailing economy and Americans' dwindling access to health care are priorities. ...more

December 22, 2008

Pinellas County has a dearth of early voting sites, which is "very unfortunate" for voters, the League of Women Voters said Friday. ...more

September 27, 2008

It is "pretty likely" Florida's 210 delegates will have full voting rights at the Democratic National Convention, says the co-chairman of the panel that will decide that issue. ...more

August 19, 2008

Saying the United States should "abolish this archaic way we elect presidents," Florida's Sen. Bill Nelson argued in a Tampa news conference Friday for eliminating the Electoral College. ...more

June 14, 2008

Pauline Rivera said her entire family in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, was out en force Sunday, helping give Hillary Rodham Clinton a lopsided win over Barack Obama in the island's Democratic presidential primary. ...more

June 2, 2008

Nationwide, new Democratic Party voter registrations outpace newcomers to the Republican side by astronomical levels. Turnout for presidential primaries, when neither side had settled on its nominee, ran in the neighborhood of 2-to-1 in favor of Democrats. Contributions to Democratic candidates compared with Republicans are like monsoons to midday sprinkles. ...more

May 6, 2008

Fat Tuesday and Super Tuesday collided on the streets of the French Quarter, where revelers added a distinctly political flavor to the city's annual raucous bash. ...more

February 6, 2008