Lithia dentist Marc Johnson, a newcomer to politics, is challenging state Rep. Rachel Burgin in the Republican primary for her east Hillsborough County state House seat, saying voters in the district never had a legitimate say on their representative. ...more

December 9, 2009

State Senate President Jeff Atwater has sent legislators a summary of new legislation on the controversial SunRail proposal, to be debated in a special legislative session starting Thursday morning. ...more

December 1, 2009

State Senate President Jeff Atwater told senators the new legislation would set up a set up a statewide authority similar to the state Turnpike Enterprise to oversee rail transit systems, and solve the problems that led to SunRail's defeat in the last two legislative sessions. ...more

November 30, 2009

Former Gov. Jeb Bush announced Tuesday he won't run for the U.S. Senate, and opened the door to a potential flurry of candidates. ...more

January 7, 2009

Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday. ...more

October 11, 2008

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Trying to head off a potentially embarrassing state ethics report on GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, campaign officials released their own report Thursday that clears her of any wrongdoing. ...more

October 9, 2008

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, quickly turned a $5,000 Florida condo investment into a profit of more than $100,000 in a questionable transaction that federal prosecutors would like to introduce as evidence at his trial next month on charges that he lied on financial disclosure forms. ...more

August 16, 2008

An aspiring state Senate president began his campaign on Monday to defeat a ballot proposal that would slash property taxes by raising the state sales tax and possibly carving into the state budget. ...more

June 24, 2008

An appellate judge took the witness stand Monday to deny unprecedented ethics charges over his criticism of a colleague in an opinion that used colorful language and cited newspaper articles about political wheeling and dealing. ...more

June 10, 2008

The growth of Florida's popular Bright Futures scholarship is far outpacing increases in lottery education money that pays for the award. ...more

February 21, 2008