The week between Christmas and New Year's Eve tends to be a difficult time to get work done. ...more

December 16, 2008

In November, Progress Energy Florida customers were shocked to learn they would be paying nearly 25 percent more on electric bills come January. ...more

December 15, 2008

In November, Progress Energy Florida customers were shocked to learn they would be paying nearly 25 percent more on electric bills come January. ...more

December 13, 2008

In November, Progress Energy Florida customers were shocked to learn they would be paying nearly 25 percent more on electric bills come January. ...more

December 13, 2008

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich could still appoint someone to fill Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat despite charges that he tried to barter it away for cash or a plum job in what prosecutors call "a political corruption crime spree." ...more

December 10, 2008

State lawmakers have formed a panel to dig into the details of the state's gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe. ...more

December 10, 2008

Before Jessie Lunsford, there was Jimmy Ryce. Like the Jessica Lunsford Act of 2005, which toughened sentencing for child sex offenders, the Jimmy Ryce Act bears the name of a young victim of a brutal rape and murder. That law, which state lawmakers passed in 1998, keeps Florida's most disturbed, violent sexual predators confined even after their prison sentences end. ...more

December 9, 2008

A vote last week by a state regulatory commission means auto manufacturers may have to revamp the cars and trucks they sell in Florida to meet a tough new emissions standard. ...more

December 7, 2008

Auto manufacturers may have to revamp the cars and trucks they sell in Florida to meet a tough new emissions standard that state regulators adopted today. ...more

December 2, 2008