Ending months of speculation, Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp has confirmed that he will run for state Attorney General in 2010. ...more

July 19, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist has appointed Tampa lawyer Steve Burton and surgeon Joseph Diaco to the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. ...more

July 16, 2009

How is federal stimulus money really affecting Florida? Agency directors from across the state gave Gov. Charlie Crist an update Wednesday. Here are some of the highlights, by-the-numbers: ...more

July 16, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist announced today that he has chosen Earl Lennard to be Hillsborough County's supervisor of elections. Lennard replaces Phyllis Busansky, a Democrat, who was elected in November 2008 and died last month. Lennard, a Republican, will fill the position until 2010, at which point he may run for election. ...more

July 14, 2009

Former Hillsborough County Superintendent of Schools Earl Lennard has joined the pool of applicants, now 20 in all, seeking the post of elections supervisor. ...more

July 9, 2009

Roughly 1 million customers of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will see a 10 percent increase on their premiums Jan. 1. ...more

July 8, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a bill designed to strengthen Florida's investor protection law. ...more

July 1, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist has reappointed three members of the Alafia River Basin Board. ...more

July 1, 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

Arresting human smugglers will be somewhat easier under legislation signed by Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

June 13, 2009