TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Gov. Charlie Crist is changing advisers. Crist announced today that he's replacing Chief of Staff Eric Eikenberg with deputy chief of staff Shane Strum, 40. ...more

October 20, 2009

U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez left Washington on Wednesday with some regrets, some accomplishments and some frustration with a process he says often puts politics ahead of policy. His farewell speech to the Senate came 16 months before his first term was to expire. His resignation leaves one Hispanic in the Senate, Robert Menendez, D-N.J. Gov. Charlie Crist picked his former chief of staff, George LeMieux, to replace Martinez. ...more

September 10, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist's decision to name former aide and political strategist George LeMieux to fill the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez was immediately controversial Friday. ...more

August 28, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former top NASA official has been found guilty of breaking ethics laws by steering nearly $10 million of the agency's funds to a consulting client. ...more

August 6, 2009

Nearly 4,000 poll workers will undergo an intensive training course at the Phyllis Busansky Clerks Academy prior to next year's elections. ...more

July 9, 2009

In view of all the problems we have had with the Hillsborough elections' office, and the fact that Supervisor Phyllis Busansky was well on her way to straightening out the mess, doesn't it make sense for Gov. Charlie Crist to leave politics out of the temporary appointment? He should name Craig Latimer, her chief of staff, as interim supervisor until the 2010 election. He knows what is going on and will follow the direction Phyllis was headed until her death last week. ...more

June 28, 2009

Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Phyllis Busansky was found dead today in a St. Augustine hotel room, sheriff's officials in St. Johns County said. She was 72. Busansky was found unresponsive in her room at the Renaissance Hotel at the World Golf Village, where a conference of Florida's elections supervisors was held. ...more

June 23, 2009

Thousands of University of South Florida graduates will enjoy a walk to the stage this weekend, but once they get there, the university president won't extend her hand. ...more

May 2, 2009

Many detainees locked up at Guantanamo were innocent men swept up by U.S. forces unable to distinguish enemies from noncombatants, a former Bush administration official said Thursday. ...more

March 19, 2009

The University of South Florida, always on the cutting edge, has a new plan to improve schools. ...more

March 13, 2009