It's no small feat winning $100 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ...more

December 11, 2009

For a second time, representatives with the Florida Association of Counties will attempt to woo county commissioners back to their organization. ...more

December 6, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The widening of U.S. 41 has won a spot on the state Department of Transportation's list of projects to be built with federal stimulus funding. ...more

April 3, 2009

Times are tough, and money is scarce. So, it's a mystery why Florida legislators don't reject out of hand a plan to let Florida's local telephone companies raise the cost of many consumers' bills by up to 20 percent a year, every year. ...more

April 2, 2009

Bay area high-school students hope to persuade state legislators to make teenagers wear headsets when talking on a cell phone while driving and to give mandatory jail time to teachers who have sex with students. ...more

March 28, 2009

Bay area high-school students hope to persuade state legislators to make teenagers wear headsets to use cell phones while driving and to give mandatory jail time to teachers who have sex with students. ...more

March 26, 2009

Moved by the story of a terrorized local woman, Tampa Bay area state legislators are pushing to increase legal protections for victims of abuse or harassment by someone they dated. ...more

March 15, 2009

Once upon a time, when she was the princess of Pasco County politics, the soundtrack to Cathi Martin's life might have been composed by Tchaikovsky, who gave us those magical melodies from "Sleeping Beauty." ...more

March 11, 2009

City commissioners are keeping an eye on Tallahassee as state legislators debate the $1.2 billion commuter rail deal with railroad giant CSX. ...more

March 8, 2009

City Commissioners are keeping an eye on Tallahassee as state legislators debate the $1.2 billion commuter rail deal with railroad giant CSX. The 61-mile commuter rail line linking Tampa and Orlando would have a direct effect on Dade City because dozens of additional freight trains could be rerouted directly through the town on their way to a massive new rail hub in Winter Haven. ...more

March 4, 2009