Latest Articles

• Sen. Bill Nelson's Cautious Approach Comes With Heavy Emphasis on Populist Issues

  

  During 12 years in the Senate, Bill Nelson has maintained a tight focus on Florida, rarely missing an opportunity to exploit headlines or take up populist causes. But the Democrat is hard to target.

• Foreclosure Money to Help State Budget

  Out of $334 million in cash payments sent to Florida in a multibillion dollar mortgage settlement with major banks, more than $33 million will help bolster the state's budget.

• Police and Protesters Will Have Attorneys on Hand for RNC Demonstrations

  The Tampa police union and National Lawyers Guild plan to bring in lawyers so that officers and protesters have counsel no more than a phone call away, if not closer.

• Mulberry Locks Out Arrested Workers

  

  One day after the city manager and another worker were arrested at City Hall, Mulberry officials Friday made sure they couldn't get back into the building or into city email accounts.

• Voter-Purge List Appears Flawed

  The state recently released a list of registered voters in Florida, including some in Polk County, that it says are non-U.S. citizens and therefore ineligible to vote. Not so fast, says Polk Supervisor of Elections Lori Edwards. Nearly half the...

• Same-Sex Marriage Issue Looms Large in Novemeber

  With debate and votes taking place around the state and polls showing a growing acceptance, the issue of same-sex marriage and domestic partner rights will likely be among a host of second tier issues that could determine which presidential...

• Cost of Lakeland's Same-Sex Partner Employee Benefit Study Lessens

  It's going to cost $6,000 less than estimated for a study to determine the price of providing benefits to same-sex and other unmarried partners of city Lakeland employees.

• 'Rusty' Boedicker Running for Seat on Polk Commission

  

  Russell "Rusty" Boedicker has entered the District 5 County Commission race. Boedicker, 55, who has been a perennial candidate in recent years, is running as a Republican.

• Poinciana Voters Urged to Register and Use Their Numbers for More Attention

  Keith Laytham is on a mission: to register every eligible resident to vote — and he doesn't care which party or candidates they support. The resident of the Solivita development on the Polk County side of Poinciana is pushing a voter...

• Florida's Regulations of Federal Unemployment Compensation Draws Complaints

  Florida is violating federal law with procedural barriers, depriving thousands of jobless workers from receiving unemployment compensation, two legal organizations say in a complaint to the U.S. Labor Department.

• Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Not Cleared Yet, Lawyers Say

  Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Rob Turner has held up the dismissal of a sexual discrimination complaint against him as vindication he legally did nothing wrong in sending porn to a subordinate.

• Connie Mack Frontrunner for Senate Nomination, Poll Shows

  

  Quinnipiac University poll: U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV has become the frontrunner in a three-way contest for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate.

• Mack IV Opens Big Lead in Three-Way Republican Contest

  U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV of Fort Myers has become the frontrunner in a three-way contest for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows.

• Haines City Wastewater Facility Uses Automated Process And is Odorless

  

  The city officially opened a wastewater treatment plant Wednesday that has no smell.

• Gun Manufacturing Business Gets OK From Dundee

  A Dundee businessman will be allowed to manufacture guns and grove equipment at his grove service business. Charles Chilton can also have the weapons test-fired on the premises.

• Lake Alfred Looks at Buying Parcels

  City commissioners in Lake Alfred may look into buying the Grey Trucking property for future downtown development. Commissioners gave City Manager Ryan Leavengood the green light Monday night to approach the owners of the 2.78 acres to talk about...

• Old Appointment Battle Becoming Issue in Florida's U.S. Senate Race

  George LeMieux is an old hand running political campaigns, but he wound up in the U.S. Senate by ferociously campaigning for just one vote: Gov. Charlie Crist's.

• Doctors Battle Board of Nursing on Drug Issue

  The Florida Medical Association and two other doctors' groups are in a legal fight with the state Board of Nursing about whether nurses should be able to sedate some patients.

• Poll Shows Romney in Lead in Florida

  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has moved into a lead over President Barack Obama in the crucial swing state of Florida, a new poll shows. Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, was preferred by 47 percent to Obama's 41 percent among a...

• Hillsborough Official Says Porn Revelations Won't Ruin Career

  Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Rob Turner says he has no intention of letting revelations that he sent pornography to an underling end his political career like other public figures before him. He said he plans to continue running for...

Events

• Submit Events

• Event: Family Fun Night at Wabash Community Center, Fri, Jun 1 7:00p
• Event: End of School Bash at Wilfred Smith Resource Center, Thu, Jun 7 4:00p
• Event: School's Out Fiesta! at Johnny and Freda Brooks Eloise Resource Center, Thu, Jun 7 5:00p