Archive for May, 2009

When you think about it, Sonia Sotomayor is the perfect pick for the Supreme Court — in Barack Obama’s America. Like Obama, himself a beneficiary of affirmative action, she thinks “Latina women,” because of their life experience, make...

After Jack Forsyth of Westland was laid off last year from an auto supply company, he sank into a depression that wracked his mind. “I was really scared,” Forsyth, 61, recalled. “I had no idea how I was going to survive through this.” He...

Diana Flores eases into an empty swinging poolside daybed, staring contentedly at the turquoise Caribbean Sea. “I feel like I’m in a Corona commercial,” the Los Angeles resident says, beckoning a waiter. Flores, 52, and her husband had...

Eager to repeat its 2008 national election success in statewide races in 2010, a fired up Florida Democratic Party gathered Saturday evening in Miami Beach for its annual Jefferson-Jackson fundraising dinner. The Jefferson-Jackson fundraiser, named for...

Former lawmaker Dennis Baxley is stepping down as the executive director of the Christian Coalition of Florida, effective June 1. Baxley will be leaving the coalition to work with political campaigns. “Dennis has been an enormous asset to the...

Without any fanfare, Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday signed legislation sought by the business community that will restore a statutory fee schedule for plaintiffs lawyers in workers compensation cases. A previous fee schedule that effectively limited how...

The Florida Times-Union’s high end glossy magazine, Water’s Edge, is suspending publication due to poor economic conditions. The publication’s last issue will go out in July. Of the eight people employed on the magazine, six are being...

DEAR STACY: Where is the little girl who plays Jasmine on “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne?” — Isaac E., Bronx, N.Y. DEAR ISAAC: The 10-year-old actress who played Jasmine Payne, China Anne McClain, left the show and was written out —...

The budget it took lawmakers weeks to agree on became law in seconds this week when Gov. Charlie Crist autographed the $66.5 billion spending plan for the coming year. As Crist was signing on the dotted line, a Leon County jury was across the street penning...

General Motors Corp.’s bankruptcy filing is sure to prompt questions for the millions of consumers who own GM vehicles or for folks who are thinking about buying a new GM car or truck. Here are some questions and answers about how the filing could...