The issue: Solid waste fees may double because of delays to expansion project at the county landfill. ...more

March 19, 2009

The plan all along was to appeal. That was unless Florida State officials found a solution through conversation with the NCAA over sanctions that require the school to vacate victories over its academic-misconduct case. ...more

March 17, 2009

State-run trust funds for parents who want to pay off college tuition before their children enroll are running short on cash, and program officials worry they won't be able to pay for students who are counting on the money. ...more

March 10, 2009

Too many of Florida's children are homeless or at risk of becoming so, state officials and national advocates said today – and the state's highest populations of homeless youth are in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. ...more

March 10, 2009

Florida Education Commissioner Eric Smith will share a stage today with the person who must decide whether Florida will qualify for as much as $2.2 billion in education-related stimulus funds. ...more

March 10, 2009

At least one cell phone company blocked some calls to Florida's toll-free unemployment compensation hot line because the line is frequently busy, but the problem has been corrected, state officials said Monday. ...more

March 10, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist and other state officials joined with families and colleagues of fallen police officers to dedicate a memorial in their honor. ...more

March 10, 2009

Connecticut is man charged with illegal possession of a primate. ...more

March 10, 2009

Some cell phones blocked from state unemployment hot line ...more

March 9, 2009

Florida State received four years' probation from the NCAA on Friday and will lose scholarships in football and forfeit games because of an academic cheating scandal. ...more

March 6, 2009