Auto manufacturers may have to revamp the cars and trucks they sell in Florida to meet a tough new emissions standard that state regulators adopted today. ...more

December 2, 2008

State lawmakers agreed Wednesday to transfer more than $21 million from state trust funds to shore up adoption, foster care and child protection programs that were casualties this spring of the state's budget crisis. ...more

June 19, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG -- One week after his appointment as secretary of Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice, State Rep. Frank Peterman today is expected to endorse local lawyer Darryl Rouson as his successor. ...more

February 15, 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

Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp and Bob Butterworth, secretary of the state's Department of Children & Families, were on hand Thursday to recognize Eleanor Hall of Bartow as an official "Point of Light." ...more

November 29, 2007

A county's comprehensive land-use plan should be more reliable than an erasable chalkboard. Yet because politicians are so quick to help developers by passing growth-plan amendments, citizens are stepping up to change the rules of the game. ...more

November 12, 2007

Tom Pelham, the secretary of the state Department of Community Affairs, said very little last week during a visit to Lakeland to hear from Polk County residents worried about how the proposed $491 million rail realignment plan might affect local communities and neighborhoods. ...more

October 3, 2007