President-elect Barack Obama this week named his national security team and his choice for commerce secretary, and he squeezed in a meeting with the nation's governors. ...more

December 6, 2008

One week from tonight, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and girlfriend Carole Rome will say their "I do's," and a Tampa florist is helping put the finishing touches on the big event. ...more

December 5, 2008

On Sunday, the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season came to a soggy end. Although this year's season was one of the deadliest on record, most of the death and destruction was visited on islands in the Caribbean. That doesn't make that toll any less horrible. As a practical matter, however, the fact that no major hurricane hit Florida for a second straight year was a good thing for Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and the Legislature. ...more

December 3, 2008

Tiffany Edwards thought she was running out of time to persuade her lender to work out a new loan so her growing family could stay in their Tampa home. ...more

November 28, 2008

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum for the third time has sought a temporary closure of the new blackjack and baccarat tables at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Tampa. ...more

November 24, 2008

Environmentalists determined to escalate the fight against climate change are delighted with President-elect Barack Obama's promise to make burning carbon more expensive. ...more

November 16, 2008

Republicans gathered last week to talk about what went wrong in the Nov. 4 election and how to fix it, and the two highest-profile leaders - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin - offered sharply different recipes for a comeback. ...more

November 16, 2008

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin played down thoughts of a 2012 presidential run Thursday, but still told a gathering of Republican governors that she and the other GOP state leaders must show the nation and the Obama administration the way on issues. ...more

November 14, 2008

In studying the presidential polls for this battleground state, former Florida Gov. Bob Martinez recalls the day Republican Sen. John McCain's campaign began its stunning, discouraging decline. ...more

October 19, 2008

With land prices tanking, environmentalists say now is the time to pounce on a depressed real estate market to preserve thousands more acres for wildlife, water protection and quality of life. ...more

October 18, 2008