The Florida Senate wants to strip more than $700,000 from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer and Research Center, on top of the $10 million that lawmakers took from the center last spring. ...more

January 10, 2009

TALLAHASSEE The Florida Senate wants to strip more than $700,000 from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer and Research Center, on top of the $10 million that lawmakers took from the center last spring. ...more

January 9, 2009

Another President Bush? Perhaps so, says former President George H.W. Bush, who has already seen one son, George W., serve in the Oval Office. The nation's 41st president said Sunday that he would like to see a second son, Jeb, be president one day. ...more

January 5, 2009

With the demand for electricity declining in recent months, some state lawmakers want to short-circuit part of a rate increase of nearly 25 percent for Progress Energy Florida. ...more

January 3, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday appointed seven new members to the state's policy-making team on energy and climate change. The new members of the Florida Energy and Climate Commission are: Debra S. Harrison of Marathon, Florida director of the World Wildlife Fund; Timothy T. Jackson of Orlando, chief executive officer, Glatting Jackson Kercher & Anglin; James F. Murley of Miami, director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions; Kathy Baughman McLeod of Tallahassee, deputy chief of staff to Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink; Nils J. Diaz of St. Pete Beach, former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Howell L. Ferguson of Tallahassee, CEO of Lykes Bros.; and Nicholas C. Gladding, a Sarasota lawyer with Ruden McClosky. ...more

December 2, 2008

With results trickling in, the winner of Hillsborough's District 7 at-large school board seat was too close to call early this morning. ...more

November 5, 2008

Sen. Mike Fasano easily won a fourth and final term Tuesday in the state Senate, cruising by Democratic challenger and political newcomer Fred Taylor. ...more

November 5, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: To read the complete analyses, check out the Tribune's opinion page on tbo.com. ...more

November 4, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: As a service to voters, we will publish this highlights box periodically until Election Day. To read the complete analyses, check out the Tribune's opinion page on tbo.com. ...more

November 2, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: Early voting runs through Nov. 1 for the Nov. 4 general election. As a service to voters, we will publish this highlights box periodically until Election Day. To read the complete analyses, check out the Tribune's opinion page on tbo.com. ...more

October 26, 2008