I've heard several newscasters claim the recent GOP victories indicate the wind is blowing in a different direction. Maybe they need a new weather vane. ...more

November 9, 2009

Florida's corrections system would have to close prisons and end education and substance abuse programs under a state budget scenario unveiled Thursday. ...more

March 20, 2009

A new estimate shows property values and the taxes they generate are dropping more than previously expected, and that will just widen a potential state budget gap, the Senate's top budget-writer said Thursday. ...more

March 5, 2009

Kudos to you Mr. Vokes. Your Feb. 2 letter hit the nail on the head. ...more

March 2, 2009

President Barack Obama sided with the Bush administration Friday, saying detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional rights. ...more

February 20, 2009

Warden Rod James asked the busload of arriving inmates to raise their hands if they had been incarcerated at least once before. ...more

February 9, 2009

OBAMA'S ORDERS •Close the much-maligned Guantanamo facility within a year, a complicated process with many unanswered questions. The administration already has suspended trials for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo for 120 days pending a review of the military tribunals. ...more

January 23, 2009

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Officials say Florida's prison population has topped 100,000 for the first time, making it only the third state in the nation to break into six digits. ...more

December 19, 2008

Officials told to make changes, submit a new proposal. ...more

September 3, 2008

Hernando's newest charter school is getting another chance. After the Hernando County School Board's charter review committee found numerous holes in the initial 550-page proposal for a new school for dropouts - Hernando County Mavericks High D. Wade's Schools, or "Mavericks High," for short - school board members have opted to allow the applicant to submit a new proposal. ...more

September 3, 2008