A walk through the seating floor of the Pepsi Center at the Democratic National Convention in Denver yields some quick evidence that Sen. Barack Obama intends to make Florida one of the premier battleground states of his presidential campaign. ...more

August 25, 2008

Suicide bombers killed 59 people at a huge arms factory Thursday in one of Pakistan's deadliest terrorist attacks, adding to the turmoil from political squabbling that is threatening to tear apart the ruling coalition now that Pervez Musharraf has resigned as president. ...more

August 22, 2008

An anticipated infusion of county cash should be enough to enable developers to build the long-awaited Brandon Community Advantage Center. ...more

August 13, 2008

It should be quite a Christmas present to ourselves. Sometime this December, the massive, new Tampa Bay History Center is scheduled to open its doors in the Channelside area of downtown. ...more

August 8, 2008

Supporters of a proposed Florida constitutional amendment requiring voters to approve changes in local growth management plans told a federal judge Wednesday that a host of discrepancies and problems improperly blocked the measure from the November ballot. ...more

August 7, 2008

SEBRING - Efforts to place on the 2008 ballot a property tax to help the county conserve environmentally sensitive lands appear to be dead after its backers conceded to a county advisory commission that the worsening economy would damper its support. The Natural Resources Advisory Commission agreed, as it voted against drafting the revised ballot language for the proposal before the Aug. 26 deadline for it to appear on November's general election ballot. ...more

July 31, 2008

Barack Obama told Hillary Rodham Clinton's top financial backers Thursday that he personally has donated $2,300 to her campaign and more significantly has asked his biggest donors to help pay off her more than $20 million debt. ...more

June 27, 2008

County Commissioner David Russell took exception to some of the data presented by planning department staffers during Tuesday's discussion on a proposed 25 percent impact fee reduction. ...more

June 26, 2008

RUSSELL CALLS PERMIT INFORMATION IRRELEVANT ...more

June 25, 2008

CHICAGO - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's campaign announced Friday that he will campaign with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton next week, a step toward unifying a fractured Democratic Party after a bruising primary fight. ...more

June 20, 2008