TAMPA It's become known as the parade of wish lists. Every year, city and county government officials and civic groups make pitches to Hillsborough County's state legislators for money. They come with requests for road, water and redevelopment projects, and seeking state tax dollars for local issues. ...more

November 25, 2008

The calls just keep coming. Suzanne Evans has received a flood of donations and support since her campaign to help Hernando's homeless was publicized in Hernando Today. ...more

November 24, 2008

Days after becoming Florida's new House speaker, Republican Ray Sansom has taken on a second job - a $110,000 yearly post as chief of the fundraising department of a state college in his district. ...more

November 20, 2008

A Nebraska lawmaker with an important role in changing the state's safe-haven statute says the Legislature might be asked to do more than put an age limit in the law that has led to the abandonment of nearly three dozen children. ...more

November 17, 2008

Nebraska lawmakers got to work Friday in a rare special legislative session designed to repair a unique "safe haven" law that has unintentionally allowed parents to abandon nearly three dozen children as old as 17. ...more

November 15, 2008

A university president temporarily will lead the state university system as a newly formed committee finds a permanent replacement for Chancellor Mark Rosenberg, who is planning a return to Florida International University in Miami. ...more

October 27, 2008

When Alice Bouchard became a widow in 1998, she also became a target. ...more

October 5, 2008

The leader of Florida's public university system announced today that he is stepping down, saying the time is right for new leadership and for him to return to the college campus he has missed for three years. ...more

September 22, 2008

PLANT CITY The Children's Board of Hillsborough County, with the Florida Children's Services Council, recently honored state Rep. Rich Glorioso, a Plant City Republican, for his work to help children and young adults. ...more

September 12, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday that he plans to take at least $600 million from state reserves to plug part of the $1.5 billion budget hole expected this year. But he's not interested, he said, in bringing lawmakers back to the capital for a special session to prioritize cuts to state spending. ...more

August 20, 2008