Archive for August, 2009

HELENA, Mont. – U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg and state Senate majority whip Greg Barkus are in stable condition at Kalispell Regional Medical after sustaining injuries in a late-night boating crash on Flathead Lake Thursday. According to Fish, Wildlife...

Pick a channel, any channel, and you will find live coverage this weekend – either on air or on networks’ Web sites and radio affiliates – of the events around Sen. Edward Kennedy’s goodbye. Beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern tonight...

After two energetic false starts, the Florida Energy & Climate Commission agreed Thursday on recommendations for the Public Service Commission’s periodic review of the Florida Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act. The commission had taken up the...

Players are at the table awaiting the Seminoles’ response to a state offer as negotiators try to meet an Aug. 31 deadline on a deal to expand gaming options and slot machines at Indian casinos around the state. Tribal representatives on Thursday declined...

When it came time for Gov. Charlie Crist to tap someone for the U.S. Senate post he is seeking to win next year, the governor played it safe and picked the man who helped win him the job he has now. Political operative and lawyer George LeMieux, who...

Some Florida Republican donors say they’re wary of pouring cash into the state party following reports of free-spending by top GOP officials – including disgraced former House Speaker Ray Sansom’s $173,000 worth of American Express charges. State...

Cuban-born Melquiades “Mel” Martinez was elected Florida’s junior senator in 2004 – the first Cuban-American senator, and from a state with a huge, politically active Cuban-American population. He leaves the Senate with the announcement Friday...

Today Governor Charlie Crist named his former Chief of Staff George LeMieux to fill out the remainder of Mel Martinez’s U.S. Senate term. “I congratulate George LeMieux for being appointed by the governor to fill the remainder of my term,”...

Commentary by Al Neuharth, founder of USA TODAY. About 74 million students now are or soon will be back in classrooms across the USA (55.6 million in grade school or high school; 18.4 million in colleges or universities). That reignites this age-old family...

The combative state Senate District 8 race continues to prove a major air war with Jeb Bush featured Thursday in a new television spot for John Thrasher. In the ad, the former governor blasts trial lawyers for attacking the Republican contender. “John...