Fourteen years ago, the Hillsborough County Commission voted to strip gay rights protections out of the county's human rights ordinance. ...more

October 22, 2009

The Obama administration is considering steps to ease the burdens of laid-off workers, including possible extensions of unemployment and health benefits, officials said Saturday. ...more

October 4, 2009

Congress wrote the health bill and Mr. President believes it is a good one and was pushing hard to get it passed ASAP. However, there were a few that saw the flaws in that bill and asked for more time to absorb its contents. Amen! ...more

July 28, 2009

Vice President Joe Biden said he gave then-President George W. Bush an earful in the Oval Office. Former Bush adviser Karl Rove says Biden's version is at best an exaggeration - at worst a lie - and part of a pattern. ...more

April 12, 2009

Florida Education Commissioner Eric Smith will share a stage today with the person who must decide whether Florida will qualify for as much as $2.2 billion in education-related stimulus funds. ...more

March 10, 2009

A Washington lobbyist has settled her $27 million defamation lawsuit against The New York Times over a story involving then-presidential candidate John McCain, both sides disclosed Thursday ...more

February 19, 2009

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris now acknowledges attempting to raise money for ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich, an explosive twist in his ever-changing story on how he landed a coveted Senate appointment from the man accused of trying to sell the seat. ...more

February 18, 2009

The children in Diana O'Neill's special education class started their mornings like many other students. ...more

February 11, 2009

GOP Rep. Adam Putnam approved more privately funded trips for his congressional office last year than all but nine other members of 435-seat U.S. House or 100-seat Senate. ...more

February 9, 2009

A bipartisan group of senators took charge of the debate over the roughly $900 billion economic stimulus plan on Thursday, and was working furiously in backroom negotiations to cut the cost of the package. Senate Democratic leaders said they would await outcome of those talks before pushing for a final vote on the measure. ...more

February 6, 2009