Gov. Charlie Crist is wise to be suspicious of the Legislature's plan to suspend Florida Forever funding this year. This looks to be not the temporary measure backers claim, but an effort to kill the state's highly successful land acquisition program altogether. ...more

January 27, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist has appointed two Supreme Court justices and will have the chance to pick two more in the coming months. ...more

December 13, 2008

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Led by top 10 finishes from Jackie White and Kailey Genrich, Springstead takes third in Crystal River Invitational. ...more

October 4, 2008

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Sharks' Matt Lambert, Bears' Mason MacKenzie lead local runners in Zak Lucas Invitational. ...more

September 21, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist, who won office as a tax-cutter, now wants Florida to shovel dollars out the door faster to help the sagging economy. ...more

August 24, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist recently announced that the state restored the civil rights of 115,000 ex-offenders since certain clemency rules were changed in April 2007. But that number may be somewhat illusory. ...more

August 1, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist unveiled an ambitious education budget proposal last week to help win support for the property tax amendment that is on the Jan. 29 ballot. ...more

January 23, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist should recognize what a majority of lawmakers fail to understand: developing water resources is essential to Florida's future. ...more

October 25, 2007

TAMPA - An oversight agency of the Legislature questioned the methodology behind an audit of the Tampa Police Department's crime statistics but has found no evidence police underreported crimes to drop the city's rate. ...more

September 19, 2007