The clock is ticking for about 106,000 unemployed Floridians
A Morgan Stanley wealth manager will not face felony charges for a hit-and-run because Colorado prosecutors don't want him to lose his job.
The most recent funding request for $268 million to develop the route was not awarded, though federal officials did award an $800 million grant for high-speed rail linking Orlando with Tampa. "It's frustrating the project wasn't funded this time
Voters in Hillsborough County not only struck a blow to hopes for light rail in the Tampa Bay area by refusing a penny sales tax increase; the overwhelming defeat now has high-speed rail plans in the area under fire
On Nov. 16, the day they're sworn in as Florida's legislative leaders, Rep. Dean Cannon and Sen. Mike Haridopolos plan to get to work. They'll hold a one-day special session to override some vetoes issued by Gov. Charlie Crist
Tuesday’s election all but eliminated the Democrats’ influence in Tallahassee.They’ve not enjoyed much clout in the last 12 years. But since 2006, they have at least had a voice in the Cabinet, a governor sometimes sympathetic to their needs and enough seats in the Legislature to occasionally bog down the Republican agenda.
That Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink came within 65,000 votes of Rick Scott in a huge Republican-dominated midterm election perhaps is testament to how strong a campaign she ran.
With only two months left in office, the highest profile decision left on Crist’s agenda may be whether to issue a posthumous pardon to Jim Morrison, a Melbourne native, FSU alumnus and front man for legendary 60s rock group, The Doors.
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