Alex Sink is trying hard to make her campaign for governor about jobs, launching a "business plan for Florida" campaign tour to talk about economic recovery. ...more

March 19, 2010

A former Massachusetts dentist is accused of putting paper clips in patients' mouths during root canals, then billing Medicaid for the stainless steel posts he should have used. ...more

March 16, 2010

The last time I checked, the percentage of Floridians looking for work was scary, as was the growing number who either had given up looking or were making do with part-time jobs. At the same time rising insurance costs - or even the ability of Floridians to get insurance of any kind - was daunting. ...more

February 28, 2010

Alex Sink, Democratic candidate for governor, told a hometown crowd of Tampa Democrats that her Republican opponent, Bill McCollum, needs to "wake up." ...more

February 14, 2010

When a state-sanctioned utility bought troubled Aloha Utilities last year, the purchase didn't include all of Aloha's business. ...more

February 6, 2010

Crime does not pay. But state lawmakers are learning the hard lesson that get-tough laws do not pay either, primarily because of the expense of running prisons. ...more

February 5, 2010

Spring Lake Improvement District is attempting a corrupt political power grab. This might be the most blatant attempt ever made by a small elected body to hijack a community without the people ever being aware of what is happening. Their actions with respect to this new proposed charter are unconscionable at best. The board, SLID has admitted that there has been no voter referendum, district vote or survey of property owners. We have started a survey. Those opposed to any more powers, especially to access property, is running at 100 percent. The SLID Board and its manager do not need any more powers. They do need to understand that "they are" responsible only to the people, no one else, and that their only job is to mange a small drainage district, nothing more. ...more

February 4, 2010

Using cameras to fine violators is illegal, according to a state attorney general's opinion. ...more

January 29, 2010

There will be much harrumphing and punditry in the next few days about the meaning of Scott Brown and his phenomenal win of Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat. ...more

January 22, 2010

His agenda potentially imperiled by the outcome of a close Senate race, President Barack Obama was set to lend his prestige to Democrat Martha Coakley, whose effort to succeed the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy has gone from shoo-in to nail-biter. ...more

January 17, 2010