In November, Dawn Grossman took her fourth-graders to Tallahassee. Last week, Tallahassee came to her fourth-grade class. ...more

December 17, 2008

A stalemate has developed over a possible roll-back of part of a nearly 25 percent electricity rate increase for Progress Energy Florida before it goes into effect, in January. Jeffrey J. Lyash, the utility's president and chief executive officer, basically stuck to his guns in a Dec. 15 letter to state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, and state Rep. Peter Nehr, R-Tarpon Springs. ...more

December 15, 2008

Wachovia is suing state Rep. Darryl Rouson, claiming he failed to repay a $100,000 loan he took out in 2004 while he was running a law firm in St. Petersburg. ...more

December 11, 2008

Wachovia is suing state Rep. Darryl Rouson, claiming Rouson failed to repay a $100,000 loan he took out in 2004 while he was running a law firm in St. Petersburg. ...more

December 10, 2008

Progress Energy Florida expects it will take nine years to build a $17 billion nuclear plant in Levy County. ...more

December 10, 2008

Progress Energy Florida expects it will take nine years to build a $17 billion nuclear plant in Levy County. Under state law, however, the St. Petersburg-based utility can begin recovering its costs years before the first watt of power is produced. Starting next month, the utility will add $11.42 to the cost of 1,000 kilowatt hours to pay for preconstruction costs. ...more

December 9, 2008

Hillsborough County children-and-family advocates today outlined 19 priorities for the 2009 Florida legislative session with local legislators, who warned it will be a tough year. ...more

December 5, 2008

The bad economic news just keeps getting worse. Last year, Florida legislators learned the state would lose about $1 billion in revenue. Before they could act on that news, it turned out the state had actually lost $2 billion. ...more

December 5, 2008

Florida lawmakers soon will consider bills that would allow law enforcement officers to pull over drivers for not wearing seat belts and to stop new teenage drivers from carting their young pals around. ...more

December 3, 2008

A child involved in a well-publicized "shaken baby" lawsuit and who had been on life support for more than two years died Friday, according to a former Pinellas County prosecutor. ...more

November 30, 2008