They laughed - a lot - but cried plenty as well as they passed more than 270 new laws affecting everything from your property taxes to license plates for your car. ...more

May 4, 2008

The Florida Legislature ended its annual session yesterday following a final week devoted to farewells and back-slapping even as lawmakers acknowledged the tough choices they were forced to make in a brutal budget year. ...more

May 3, 2008

University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft appeared before the board of the Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Center & Research Institute on Thursday with an idea: that USF take control of the center, which resides on the campus of the university. ...more

February 8, 2008

The budget pain afflicting Florida's public universities is just starting. ...more

January 22, 2008

The state Legislature made a mess of the University of South Florida's governance when it granted virtual independence to the St. Petersburg campus. Now USF leaders are about to make the same mistake with the Sarasota-Manatee and Lakeland campuses. ...more

January 11, 2008

Neil Kane and his staff had figured out how to rearrange methane gas to create industrial diamonds, but their company couldn't afford to build the highly specialized lab needed for developing such nanotechnology. ...more

January 2, 2008

Why Take Four Years? Regarding "USF Pays Lip Service To Awarding Four-Year Degrees In Four Years" (Our Opinion, Nov. 21): ...more

November 28, 2007

Jan. 2: Gov. Charlie Crist announces Open Government initiative during inaugural address. ...more

November 24, 2007

Tired of operating under a deficit, leaders of the USF Preschool for Creative Learning are hoping to make changes to improve the school's finances. ...more

November 21, 2007

University of Florida football fans may hate this week's matchup with Florida Atlantic. They may wonder why the Gators didn't use the NCAA-approved 12th regular-season game to play a home-and-home matchup against Texas, Oregon, Notre Dame or some other intriguing program. ...more

November 13, 2007