The federal Atomic Safety and Licensing Board on Wednesday granted standing to three petitioners who challenged the proposed Progress Energy Florida nuclear power plant in Levy County and will hear arguments on three of their legal arguments on why the plant shouldn't be built. ...more

July 9, 2009

The city of Clearwater might have backed itself into a legal corner in its efforts to regulate a painting of fish. ...more

March 5, 2009

The city of Clearwater may have backed itself into a legal corner in its efforts to regulate a painting of fish. If the city's legal arguments prevail in court, it could wind up with a law that requires residents and business owners to obtain permits for holiday displays. ...more

March 4, 2009

The city has decided not to appeal a federal court judge's ruling that Bright House Networks didn't violate the law by switching local government stations to a higher tier in the cable line-up. Two years ago, Tampa and St. Petersburg filed companion lawsuits in U.S. District Court challenging the regional cable provider's decision to move public, education and government access, or PEG channels, from their existing spots on the dial. ...more

January 21, 2009

A convicted murderer's life sentence was reduced to 10 years on Thursday. ...more

December 24, 2008

Florida's polling precincts will be crowded today with watchdogs, not just voters. ...more

November 4, 2008

The question of what Youssef Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed were doing when they were arrested during a road trip in South Carolina last year is at the center of legal arguments now before a federal appeals court. ...more

October 19, 2008

The question of what Youssef Megahed and Ahmed Mohamed were doing when they were arrested during a road trip in South Carolina last year is at the center of legal arguments now before a federal appeals court. ...more

October 17, 2008

An appellate attorney in the high-profile drug, sex and torture case against Steven Lorenzo is arguing that the prosecution was illegitimate because the government is "notorious worldwide for subduing, torturing and killing people on a large and systematic scale." ...more

September 6, 2008

SEBRING –– Two of the three county budget office employees fired for sending sexually explicit instant messages on their county work computers during work hours are threatening state and, if that doesn't work, federal legal action. Those threats were made by Jim McCollum, attorney for Treasa Handley and Jarod Lee, who were fired for sending several thousand "inappropriate" instant messages during work, many of them described as "sexually explicit." ...more

February 21, 2008