Higher H.S. grad standards headed for full Senate vote

It's a busy day for education in the Legislature. The Senate bill raising high school graduation requirements and replacing the FCAT with end-course exams just cleared its final Senate stop before a full floor vote. Voting no on the Ways and Means committee were Democrats Dan Gelber, Tony Read More

Light rail portends dim future for house

From the Governor of Florida to the President of the United States, high speed rail is on the fast-track, thanks to billions of Federal stimulus dollars. But along the corridor where the train is supposed to run, there is uncertainty — especially along 12th Avenue, where a Zephyrhills Read More

Everglades land deal prompts conflict questions on water board

Thursday’s high-stakes vote on the fate of Gov. Charlie Crist’s $536 million land deal with U.S. Sugar Corp. raised potential conflict of interest issues with differing results. The board of the South Florida Water Management District on Thursday agreed to extend the March 31 deadline on the Read More

Governor to make stop in Bay Area

On the same day new unemployment numbers are due to be released, Governor Charlie Crist is making a stop in the Bay Area to sign a bill to help tackle the growing problem.

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Florida Education Association opposes proposed changes to teacher job security

Calling the bill moving through the Florida Senate "broad and harsh," Florida Education Association president Andy Ford said in a statement Monday morning that if the proposal makes it into law, the state's best teachers "won't be in our classrooms much longer." The Read More

Senate smackdown: Here’s our Seminole deal. Take it or leave it.

The Florida Senate has come out with a new Seminole Indian gambling compact — and this time, the chamber puts Gov. Charlie Crist and the tribe in a box: take our deal or leave it. The new Senate bill, SB622, is basically the same legislation the Legislature approved last year, and Crist and Read More

Crist, Rubio exchange jabs

In front of a crowd of supporters in St. Petersburg Saturday, Governor Crist continued to battle trailing poll numbers in the Senate race against Marco Rubio.

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Police looking for hole-cutting burglar

Police are searching for the man who has twice robbed National Distributors on East McBerry Street, entering the building by cutting a hole into a wall.

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