Special interests won the day in Tallahassee last week. For two years, a coalition of my Florida Senate colleagues demanded that the state Department of Transportation renegotiate a sweetheart deal with CSX Railroad for a new commuter-rail line around Orlando. ...more

December 13, 2009

Anyone setting odds on Florida's chances next month to get as much as $2.6 billion in federal stimulus money to build a Tampa-to-Orlando high-speed rail line might consider this: ...more

December 10, 2009

The Florida Senate, which steadily has resisted any attempt to overturn or soften state class-size restrictions, is looking more ready to deal. ...more

November 30, 2009

With the swine flu, high unemployment and plummeting housing prices, Sun City Center has not been immune to national problems. Part-time residents here, however, can always count on cheery friends and neighbors to welcome them back every November. ...more

November 4, 2009

In what looks like a victory for the same conservative forces backing Marco Rubio in Florida, the Republican Party nominee dropped out of a special election to fill a vacant House seat in New York on Saturday. ...more

November 1, 2009

A recent article on a Florida Senate Spirit of Service Award did not mention that Sister Joan Foley had departed in 2008 as executive director of Connections job development service. She is no longer with St. Vincent de Paul Resource Center. She is volunteering with the Coalition for the Homeless at this time. ...more

August 8, 2009

The Florida Senate has passed a measure that toughens the state's seat belt law. ...more

April 28, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist says he would approve license plates with the image of a cross and an image of Jesus if they make it to his desk. ...more

April 27, 2009

The Florida Senate says it is all right that 14-year-olds can operate high-powered watercraft. ...more

April 24, 2009

The Florida Senate wants to slow down what it sees as rampant abuse of prescription drugs. ...more

April 24, 2009