What in the world is going on with our Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles? In this time of recession and terrible economy they are not only raising their fees for drivers licenses and vehicle registration, they're making ridiculous rules for identification when renewing our driver's license. ...more

August 28, 2009

In their zeal not to raise taxes, Florida lawmakers continue to look at selected fee increases as a way to cover the state's looming $5.7 billion budget deficit. ...more

March 27, 2009

In their zeal not to raise taxes, Florida lawmakers continue to look at selected fee increases as a way to cover the state's looming $5.7 billion budget deficit. ...more

March 26, 2009

A 19-year-old man was killed and 19-year-old woman injured when a driver having a seizure lost control of his car on Park Boulevard and hit the pair on a sidewalk Tuesday in Seminole. ...more

March 11, 2009

The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles will review its records after discovering a decade-old paperwork error that enabled a man convicted of felony DUI manslaughter to obtain a valid driver's license. ...more

March 6, 2009

The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles will review its records after discovering a decade-old paperwork error that enabled a man convicted of felony DUI manslaughter to obtain a valid driver's license, officials said today. ...more

March 5, 2009

A convicted sex offender remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bond Wednesday, after sheriff's investigators say he moved from his last known Avon Park address without notifying authorities. ...more

March 5, 2009

Even as numbers sank statewide, Hillsborough County remained one of Florida's top destinations for newcomers in 2008 when compared with other Florida counties. ...more

February 20, 2009

I would like to take this opportunity to clarify Florida's motor vehicle insurance requirements and distinguish the Insurance Research Council report identified in Russell Ray's article (Business, Jan. 23). ...more

February 19, 2009

The difference in the spelling of her name is only one letter, but it has sent Geraldean Smith - or now Jeraldean to officialdom - on a roller coaster ride she would rather avoid. ...more

February 13, 2009