Texting is unquestionably one of the most popular forms of communication in the 21st century. ...more

November 16, 2009

Times are tough, and money is scarce. So, it's a mystery why Florida legislators don't reject out of hand a plan to let Florida's local telephone companies raise the cost of many consumers' bills by up to 20 percent a year, every year. ...more

April 2, 2009

Working through the weekend, Florida legislators crafted a deal to close the state's budget gap using big chunks of the state's reserve funds and trust funds intended for specific purposes, including the Lawton Chiles Endowment anti-tobacco fund. ...more

January 12, 2009

Florida legislators begin their search Monday for areas to carve $2.3 billion from the current state budget during a two-week special session brought on by the economic crisis. ...more

January 4, 2009

The Avon Park City Council is sending a message to the governor - that it opposes Miami-Dade County's effort to eliminate municipalities from lawfully setting higher utility rates for customers outside the city limits. ...more

December 29, 2008

Costly Election Here's an example of why Buddy Johnson came back for more budget money. At the poll where I work there are about 3,000 voters on the roll. We had 6,000 ballots. ...more

December 26, 2008

Florida leads all states again this year in adding National Board-certified teachers - 1,826 - to its ranks and remains second overall nationally. ...more

December 9, 2008

The bad economic news just keeps getting worse. Last year, Florida legislators learned the state would lose about $1 billion in revenue. Before they could act on that news, it turned out the state had actually lost $2 billion. ...more

December 5, 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

The Tampa Bay Rays didn't need to conduct a wide-ranging survey of Florida legislators to determine that a state subsidy for their proposed $450 million stadium would be a tough sell. ...more

January 8, 2008