A bill that would abolish the state's growth management agency passed a major legislative committee Wednesday but probably won't be supported by Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

March 12, 2009

TAMPA - The secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections is proposing a "state jail system" for prison inmates serving less than 18 months behind bars. ...more

July 14, 2008

A state lawmaker is asking Florida environmental officials to explain a series of delays in cleaning up groundwater pollution that was first identified more than 13 years ago at a west St. Petersburg plant. ...more

May 20, 2008

Three candidates have applied to fill the state Department of Corrections' top post. ...more

January 15, 2008

Three candidates have applied to fill the state Department of Corrections' top post. ...more

January 14, 2008

More than 50 Highlands County students were issued suspensions of their driver's licenses last school year for having an excessive number of unexcused absences. ...more

September 13, 2007