"Separate but equal" faded as a guiding principle in public education after a U.S. Supreme Court decision five decades ago that forced racial integration. ...more

November 14, 2007

The nearly 500 families of Central Park Village are gone. The public housing apartments they lived in have been demolished. ...more

November 14, 2007

LARGO - "Separate but equal" faded as a guiding principle in public education after a U.S. Supreme Court decision five decades ago that forced racial integration. But the idea, if not the phrase, is making a comeback in a proposal that would steer Pinellas County students to schools in their own neighborhoods – neighborhoods that remain clearly divided by race. ...more

November 12, 2007

fostered by Florida's more than 180 community redevelopment agencies (CRAs) - have been building better communities through the use of increment revenue financing (IRF). ...more

October 9, 2007

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge to Alabama's ban on the sale of sex toys, ending a nine-year legal battle and sending a warning to store owners to clean off their shelves. ...more

October 2, 2007