Last year, Gov. Charlie Crist signed off on a gaming compact between Florida and the Seminole Tribe. Now Florida's Supreme Court has ruled that Crist lacked authority to do that. ...more

October 5, 2008

The public is seething about the bill the U.S. House must pass today, and the anger is justified. ...more

October 3, 2008

Florida's continuing revenue shortfall - projected to be in the billions of dollars this year and next - is unprecedented. The partisan dispute over it is anything but. ...more

September 22, 2008

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska's attorney general says state employees subpoenaed in the investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin will not testify. ...more

September 16, 2008

A select panel of lawmakers tapped $672 million from a reserve fund this week, but Florida is still facing a potential budget deficit that could force the Legislature into special session after the November election. ...more

September 13, 2008

TALLAHASSEE Attorney Barry Richard told The Tampa Tribune and other media outlets that the Seminole tribe is going to keep offering the casino games approved in the compact that the Supreme Court has declared invalid. ...more

September 12, 2008

House Speaker-designate Ray Sansom, R-Destin, selected six Republicans for his new leadership team Tuesday. ...more

September 10, 2008

Do you have the sneaking suspicion if Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio was playing blackjack and found himself holding a 10 of clubs and a king of hearts he would still ask the dealer to hit him with another card? ...more

July 10, 2008

Las Vegas-style slot machines are still beeping and blinking at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino off Interstate 4 in Tampa, but a state Supreme Court ruling on Thursday left lawyers, lawmakers and Seminole officials scrambling to determine the future of tribal gaming in Florida. ...more

July 4, 2008

Here's how things are supposed to work in Tallahassee: lawmakers set direction and bureaucrats make it happen. ...more

June 26, 2008