With his strong showings in the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary in early January, for a moment, it appeared that Ron Paul would be a major player in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Entering the historic downtown, visitors are greeted by a sign outside McRoberts Auto Center with a simple message: Sanford is still a good little town.
The sign is a statement from employee Jimbo Carter to the outside world declaring that life in the quiet lakefront community at the southern terminus of the Auto Train isnt what people see on television.
There will be delays in the processing of new court cases and new dockets with a smaller amount of money going to the state's clerks of court under the budget passed last month by lawmakers.
Lawmakers are expected to send the proposed new budget, HB 5001, soon to Gov. Rick Scott, including a 7 percent cut in the budget for the clerks, which comes on top of a more than 15 percent hit the clerks took a couple of years ago.
A longstanding legal charade was played out again recently, when Federal Express paid $3 million to settle an employment discrimination case brought by the U.S. Department of Labor.
The Hillsborough County School Board isn't backing down in the face of an ongoing campaign to halt Muslim speakers from appearing at local campuses.
At least not yet.
A 2 1/2-hour board workshop on Friday concluded with a general sense that current district policies are adequate.
But the Florida Family Association wants school officials to slam the door on the Council on American-Islamic Relations, whose local director has addressed classes at Steinbrenner High School.
First in a series of profiles of candidates running in the 6th Congressional District, which runs along the northern east coast of Florida.
Fred Costello isn't a "machine" Republican -- and he has the record to prove it.
The state representative from Ormond Beach was the only GOP member of the House to oppose the controversial Medicaid bill, HB 5301, that passed this session.
He introduced six bills, none of which passed the 2012 Legislature.
Optimism is slowly growing among Florida voters, but consumers in the Sunshine State tended to be a little more pessimistic in March than February, according to recent surveys by the Florida Chamber and University of Florida.
A Florida Chamber Political Institute study released Friday showed that voters were a little more supportive of the direction of the state and Gov. Rick Scott.
The District of Columbia, Maryland and Wisconsin hold primaries on Tuesday and Mitt Romney appears headed for wins in all three contests.
With 42 delegates to the Republican convention in Tampa come August, Wisconsin ranks as the largest prize on the table. According to three polls unveiled on Monday, Romney has a solid lead over the field in the Badger State and Maryland.
The Canadians are getting rid of their penny. Let them. Let's be smarter than they are and cling to ours like ivy on a garden wall.
SAUNDERS TO RUN FOR SENATE
