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Updated: McCollum, Sink both face ethics complaints over use of state planes
July 1, 2009
Attorney General Bill McCollum and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, Republican and Democratic rivals respectively in the 2010 race for governor, are now the targets of ethics complaints charging that they used state airplanes for personal travel.
Ex-Dem chairman to take on Rehwinkel Vasilinda
June 30, 2009
Leon County Democratic Party Chairman Rick Minor resigned and began a campaign to unseat state Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda on Tuesday.
152 new laws take effect today in Florida
June 30, 2009
Driving without a seatbelt just got more expensive and cigarette smokers will pay another nickel every time they light up, under new laws enacted by the 2009 Florida Legislature.
Crist signs water-management bill
June 30, 2009
Angering conservationists and siding with developers, Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday signed a controversial bill that would give water management district staff working behind closed doors more power to grant lucrative water rights.
McCollum leads Sink in Florida governor's race poll
June 30, 2009
Attorney General Bill McCollum has a comfortable lead over his chief rival in the governor's race, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, according to a Mason-Dixon poll released Tuesday.
Tobacco tax worries retailers
June 29, 2009
Florida's 2.6 million smokers wake up to a new reality on Wednesday when the cost of a pack of cigarettes zooms another dollar.
Crist signs controversial water-rights bill
June 30, 2009
Angering conservationists and siding with developers, Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday signed a controversial bill that would give water management district staff working behind closed doors more power to grant lucrative water rights.
Poll: Rubio still far behind Crist – but closing gap
June 29, 2009
Gov. Charlie Crist's lead in the Republican U.S. Senate race is still better than 2-1, but challenger Marco Rubio showed slight progress in a new statewide poll released on Monday.
Officials await decision on water rights
June 28, 2009
Florida's water management districts are poised to act quickly if Gov. Charlie Crist signs a controversial bill that would give staff members working behind closed doors even more power to grant lucrative water rights.
Surveillance videos point of contention for prison system
June 27, 2009
"It is a significant problem for us if we allow videos to go out into the public and people can see exactly how we're laid out," Secretary Walt McNeil said during a visit to the Wakulla Correctional Institution last week.
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Bill Cotterell: It's a mess of a message
July 1, 2009
About 50 years ago, Marshall McLuhan famously said "the medium is the message" of modern communication, and after a week of nonstop nonnews about Michael Jackson's death, we've seen that this still is true.
Bill Cotterell: Sometimes, 'partner' isn't good enough
June 26, 2009
President Obama is catching grief from the Democratic Party's gay activists for not aggressively working on campaign promises, including repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
Bill Cotterell: Another summer of love and 'messing up'
June 27, 2009
I got my first job as a reporter in Columbia, S.C., covering state government from 1967 to 1969, so the Palmetto State's peculiar politics has always held a special place in my memory.
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