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 23, 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 20, 2008

Democrat Scott K. Thompson decided to run for state Senate when he saw friends leaving Central Florida for better jobs in Tennessee and the Carolinas. ...more

October 19, 2008

The race for state Senate District 11 pits a political novice, Democrat Fred Taylor of New Port Richey, against a legislative veteran, incumbent Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey. ...more

October 19, 2008

In national politics, the Kennedys and the Bushes are America's first families. In Florida politics, Ben Hill Griffin and his grandchildren take that title. ...more

October 12, 2008

Candidates will appear for two political forums Tuesday and Thursday staged by the West Pasco Chamber of Commerce. Both debates start at 5 p.m. They will be presented at Pasco-Hernando Community College West Campus, 10230 Ridge Road. For information, call (727) 842-7651. The Tuesday slate features candidates for superintendent of schools, Florida House District 46, Florida Senate District 11 and U.S. House District 5 and District 9. The Thursday slate is clerk of circuit court, supervisor of elections, Pasco County Commission District 3 and District 5 and sheriff. ...more

October 6, 2008

John Dicks, who finished second in last month's heated Democratic primary for the 9th Congressional District, has filed a lawsuit accusing the winner of libelous campaign advertisements. ...more

September 17, 2008

The economic slowdown has made construction companies eager to bid on local government projects, and the lower prices are good news for taxpayers. ...more

September 17, 2008

John Dicks, who finished second in a heated Democratic primary for the 9th Congressional District in August, has filed a lawsuit accusing the winner of libelous campaign advertisements. ...more

September 16, 2008

A Tampa state senator said Thursday that he will write legislation to close the procedure loopholes that allowed a convicted felon with pending charges out on the streets to kill a police officer. ...more

September 12, 2008