The nation's credit crunch has frozen Florida's ability to borrow money, but that isn't yet causing problems for the state, a top state money manager said Tuesday. ...more

September 30, 2008

It's said that a society is measured by how it treats its weakest members. If that's the case, Florida falls short. That's because the state has cut funding, and also mishandled funding, for disabled Floridians and their families. ...more

September 28, 2008

The University of South Florida took control of the troubled Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Center and Research Institute this summer, and on Wednesday it announced that 19 of the center's 71 workers have been laid off, most of them administrators. The cuts will save the center $2 million a year, roughly 40 percent in salaries and benefits. ...more

September 25, 2008

The big switch to digital TV has prison officials scrambling to retain access to one of the most important peacekeeping tools in prisons across the nation: broadcast television. ...more

September 5, 2008

After years of Highlands County schools seeing more students each August, enrollment is down this year, which means the district is bracing for less state funding. ...more

September 4, 2008

A federal judge has struck down the heart of a law that would have banned state universities from organizing academic research trips to Cuba, calling it unconstitutional. ...more

August 30, 2008

The traffic building up on Fowler and Fletcher avenues this morning at the University of South Florida can mean only one thing: Fall classes have begun. ...more

August 25, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist told state agency heads Thursday that he wants construction projects sped up so more money can be pumped into the sluggish state economy. ...more

August 15, 2008

On paper, the USF-Patel Charter School appeared a perfect marriage. ...more

August 1, 2008

The University of South Florida is losing a high-profile faculty member to a Texas university that saw opportunity in Florida's economic misery. ...more

June 24, 2008