Gov. Charlie Crist is scheduled to sign Florida's rail legislation bill, which won legislative approval last week, at events Wednesday in Tampa, Tallahassee, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. ...more

December 15, 2009

Proponents of building a commuter rail system to service the Bay Area received some welcome news this week when the state Senate easily passed legislation to push forward the $1.2 billion transportation project. ...more

December 12, 2009

The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouse gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment. ...more

December 7, 2009

State Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, and Rep. Kenneth Roberson, R-Port Charlotte, announced plans Monday to introduce a bill to improve the training of 911 operators. ...more

November 17, 2009

I support reform of America's health care system and request your support of legislation working its way through the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. The time for action has come. Please do the right thing and help provide true health care reform to benefit those who sent you to Washington, D.C. ...more

November 9, 2009

Perhaps 50 years ago, one of the presidents of Chrysler Corporation is reputed to have said, "There are no large problems, just combinations of small problems." ...more

November 4, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) —Businesses would not be required to provide health insurance under legislation being readied for Senate debate, but large firms would owe significant penalties if any worker needed government subsidies to buy coverage on their own, according to Democratic officials familiar with talks on the bill. ...more

October 25, 2009

Regarding "A sinking feeling in Pasco and Hernando" (Our Opinion, Sept. 28): ...more

October 24, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats say they've reached a Medicare deal that secures critical support from heartland and Pacific lawmakers for health overhaul legislation. ...more

October 22, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Florida House Speaker Larry Cretul says Seminole Indian gaming talks are at an impasse and he has asked a federal agency to intervene. ...more

October 21, 2009