When a 17-year-old becomes pregnant, there may be talk at school and tears at home, but the girl and her parents are generally not foisted into the national spotlight. ...more

September 3, 2008

Is Florida turning blue? Or just slightly bluish? Or even just a less reddish shade of purple? ...more

July 15, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday evoked President Kennedy's challenge to land on the moon and called for the same dedication and innovation to finding ways to save the Earth in an address that kicked off his second annual summit on climate change. ...more

June 26, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist named Democratic state Rep. Frank Peterman Jr. to lead the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. ...more

February 9, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Gov. Charlie Crist this morning named Democratic state Rep. Frank Peterman to lead the troubled Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. ...more

February 8, 2008

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has plenty of conservative credentials, but almost no McCain-style conviction. ...more

January 11, 2008

A governor who has been reluctant to raise tuition for Florida's college and university students has, at his side, an adviser who warns that the state's universities are "severely underfunded." ...more

January 4, 2008

Presidential contenders squeezed a final few hours of campaigning out of the old year on Monday in a race marked by exhausting personal appeals, anonymous phone calls and a negative campaign commercial that vanished into thin air. ...more

January 1, 2008

WEST PALM BEACH - Former Governor Claude Kirk has agreed to settle a lawsuit with the federal government for more than $320,000 in unpaid taxes. ...more

October 24, 2007

The position taken by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Democratic Parties in the states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina is harmful to Florida and other states, selfish, probably illegal, and should be reversed. It is causing harm to Democratic efforts to win Florida and the White House. ...more

October 7, 2007