It strikes some voters as peculiar, even wrong, that it is possible for a president to be elected with fewer total votes than the closest rival. ...more

June 28, 2008

Maybe it's the rising price of gas and food that's making more Florida smokers kick the habit. Maybe it's the growing societal pressure not to light up. More likely, it's the surge of dollars into an advertising campaign - the result of a constitutional amendment voters passed two years ago. ...more

June 28, 2008

Most homeowners will net a savings of $200 to $300 on average from this fall because of Amendment 1. ...more

June 22, 2008

Mexico threw open the doors to its judicial system Tuesday, allowing U.S.-style public trials and creating a presumption of innocence. ...more

June 18, 2008

Three Pasco County recreation centers will close early on Saturdays and shut down on Sundays to reduce costs. ...more

June 13, 2008

Proponents of Amendment 2 are deliberately misleading the public by calling it the "gay marriage" or "same-sex" marriage amendment. ...more

June 7, 2008

Give credit to the folks who loved gill nets in 1994. They never gave up. Today, 14 years after a majority of Florida's citizens passed a constitutional amendment to get rid of entangling nets, the die-hard netters are still trying to find a way around the ruling. ...more

June 4, 2008

A lawsuit challenging a new constitutional amendment that lets homeowners take property tax breaks with them when they move should be dismissed, state and local government attorneys told a judge Thursday. ...more

May 30, 2008

Pasco County's taxable property value dropped by $3 billion - or nearly 10 percent - during a yearlong period ending Jan. 1, while new construction amounted to half of what it was in the previous year, Property Appraiser Mike Wells said Thursday. ...more

May 30, 2008

Data Doesn't Matter Regarding "Secondhand Facts Drive Smoke Bans" by Joseph H. Brown (Commentary, May 18): ...more

May 25, 2008