Archive for October, 2009

It’s a good thing for all of us that there are people who want to be politicians because you couldn’t pay most of us to take the job of mayor, governor or president of anything. Why are there people who want to do such difficult work? We’re...

The debate over offshore drilling hit the airwaves and the Internet Wednesday as opponents squared off over the viability and desirably of lifting a decades’ old ban on oil and gas exploration in Florida waters. Meeting as part of a series of events...

The committee of lawmakers investigating former House Speaker Ray Sansom will decide next week whether to suspend the committee’s work until criminal proceedings can be completely resolved or forge ahead. Committee Chair Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton,...

Outgoing state health care agency head Holly Benson announced Thursday that she is jumping into the race for state attorney general, challenging Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp for the GOP nomination. Benson announced her candidacy in Pensacola Thursday afternoon...

WASHINGTON – More than 40 percent of President Obama’s top-level fundraisers have secured posts in his administration, from key executive branch jobs to diplomatic postings in countries such as France, Spain and the Bahamas, a USA TODAY analysis...

How would the residents of Jacksonville, Florida, feel without the annual Florida-Georgia football game? Imagine Halloween with no candies and costumes. Thanksgiving wouldn’t feel right without a plump turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and a pumpkin...

WASHINGTON – Barack Obama is only the latest president to discover how much easier it is to make a campaign promise than to fulfill it. A year after he won election, Obama has kept some promises, including ones he didn’t need Congress to approve....

In this year’s airfare wars, just how low did they go? The average domestic fare in the second quarter was nearly identical to ticket prices during that period in 1998, according to statistics released Wednesday. The average fare for a domestic...

NEW YORK – Here’s good news for New York Yankees fans – and bad news for those who revile the club as the Evil Empire: The richest club in baseball is about to get richer. The Yankees’ charge through this year’s playoffs...

Thus far, most of the Tallahassee talk about a possible December special session to approve the controversial proposed SunRail commuter train in Orlando has come from the upper chamber of the Legislature. But one of the House sponsors of the bill that...