Former state Judge Thomas Stringer may dread the next Friday the 13th. ...more

September 11, 2009

In 1892, a Massachusetts court ruled that a policeman's speech rights had not been violated by a law forbidding certain political activities by officers. State Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: "The petitioner may have a constitutional right to talk politics, but he has no constitutional right to be a policeman." ...more

November 29, 2008

County officials gave a thumbs-up Thursday to the first stage of an 80-bed hospital campus in the heart of Wesley Chapel. ...more

November 21, 2008

Less than a month after a state judge affirmed their permit, the developers of Wesley Chapel's first hospital have submitted the construction plans for county review. ...more

November 19, 2008

Work could begin early next year on Wesley Chapel's first hospital after a state judge resolved a year-old challenge by competitors of Adventists Health System and University Community Health. ...more

November 12, 2008

A man who avoided paying child support for six years will spend a year in federal prison and must pay nearly $25,000 in restitution, court papers state. ...more

September 3, 2008

A lawyer for three new Florida homeowners has filed a lawsuit in state court challenging the portability portion of the Save Our Homes Amendment. ...more

February 14, 2008

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take a hard look at the method of lethal injection most states use to put inmates to death in a case that could further slow the pace of executions. ...more

September 26, 2007