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In the race for Group 5, Robin Lumb represents the best prepared and most qualified candidate running in a relatively strong field. Lumb is a fiscal conservative and a small business owner with an extremely impressive understanding of the issues important...

The News, Not Really feature appears on page 19 of the Jacksonville Observer print edition. ——————————————————————————————————– GIANTS...

The upcoming fight over the proposed Free Trade Agreement with Korea, first negotiated by President George W. Bush but not yet ratified by Congress, is now being promoted by the Obama administration. A majority of Democrats and a few key Republicans...

Democratic City Councilman John Crescimbeni was voted into office during a special election to fill a vacant seat in 2008. That election coincided with a massive surge in Democratic voter turnout that also helped to sweep Barack Obama into office. This...

DISTRICT 2: Current School Board member Nancy Broner is not running for re-election. There are four candidates seeking to replace her. John King is a teacher at Sandalwood High School. Billy Reynolds is the former principal of Mayport Middle School,...

Don Browning, candidate for U.S. House of Representatives U.S. HOUSE, DISTRICT 3: Congresswoman Corrine Brown is seeking yet another term in her gerrymandered district. On the Democratic side, attorney Scott Fortune is running an active, but underfunded...

The sad truth is that the Republican gubernatorial primary has been painful to watch. Conservative activist and multi-millionaire Rick Scott entered this race with little name recognition, but with massive financial resources. His television ad blitz...

TAMPA – A middle school teacher who pleaded guilty to sex with two of her male students was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison – the maximum allowed in her plea agreement – followed by five years sex-offender probation for one charge...

A drunk driver trapped after overturning his car cracked open another can of beer while he waited for emergency crews to rescue him, a New Zealand court was told. Paul Nigel Sneddon, 47, pleaded guilty to careless driving and drunken driving after being...

The national recession can’t stop Texas cities from growing. Four of the 10 fastest gainers – including No. 1 Frisco – are in the Lone Star State, according to Census population estimates out Tuesday. From 2008 to 2009, 11 of the 25...