A Seminole Heights agency for former women inmates and a Sulphur Springs center for children were among eight recipients of money from the Tampa Palms Women's Club. ...more

December 17, 2008

Eight charities received a total of $6,000 in donations recently from the Tampa Palms Women's Club. ...more

December 17, 2008

Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater and House Speaker Ray Sansom obviously are in denial. In setting a January special session to deal with the state's financial crisis on Monday, they retreated to the same old way of doing business - pledging only to target "spending reductions and trust fund transfers." ...more

December 17, 2008

Raise Alcohol Levy Regarding "Raiding Fund Easy Out For Visionless Pols" (Our Opinion, Dec. 10): ...more

December 15, 2008

Democratic lawmakers want to raise the cigarette tax, and some Republicans are warming to the idea. Gov. Charlie Crist says he hasn't. ...more

December 11, 2008

The family of former Gov. Lawton Chiles said they will sue state leaders if they decide to raid the Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund for children and seniors in an attempt to balance the budget. ...more

December 7, 2008

As Tony Harris can tell you, picking out a Christmas tree for the governor is a big honor. ...more

December 3, 2008

Kindergartners help fell Florida-grown cedar ...more

December 3, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist gets his chance to appoint two more justices to the Florida Supreme Court, with one justice making his retirement official Monday. ...more

November 18, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist will have a chance to appoint a third person to the Florida Supreme Court, after the announcement today that Justice Charles T. Wells will retire. ...more

November 17, 2008