While Florida's East Coast ports maneuver to tie in with inland logistics centers, the state's largest cargo tonnage port keeps growing on the West Coast.
The Port of Tampa recently completed the latest phase of ongoing expansion at its container terminal, increasing the paved storage area from 25 acres to 40 acres.
Continuing his stunning -- some say long overdue -- fall from grace, former state GOP chairman Jim Greer was assailed by a Republican National Committee spokesman on Thursday.
Warily watching Florida's 770 miles of Gulf coastline -- as well as the political polls -- Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday asked BP America's president to send $50 million more to the state.
"Due to the extensive nature of (the Deepwater Horizon oil spill), Florida's state agencies and local governments have incurred significant costs associated with planning and preparing for potential impacts," Crist wrote to Lamar McKay.
Florida businesses are working the immigration system to ramp up their projects and create jobs. And they're not looking for day laborers.
Attorneys for indicted clients rarely shy away from hitting hyperbolic high notes. To say that Jim Greer's lawyer, Damon Chase, is heated up is an understatement.
"It's outrageous," the Orlando attorney said of the ex-Republican Party chairman's arrest Wednesday morning. "Twelve armed gunmen stormed his house and held his wife and children at bay while ransacking the place for 3 1/2 hours."
Saying "Elian Gonzalez was treated better," Chase denounced the "government thugs" who pressed the state's case against Greer.
Ousted state Republican Party chairman Jim Greer was arrested Wednesday and charged with six felony counts of fraud, theft and money laundering in connection with a company he allegedly created to take a cut of the state party's cash.
At a news conference in Orlando, state prosecutor William Shepherd alleged that proceeds from the shell company were "used by Mr. Greer to support his own personal lifestyle."
Shepherd said Greer used Victory Strategies to funnel money from the state Republican Party and to hide his own involvement in using party money.
Bolstering the power and reach of Florida's condominium associations, a new state law allows the groups to collect rent from tenants.
Senate Bill 1196, signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Charlie Crist, empowers condo associations to collect rent money directly from tenants in units of delinquent owners.
In this year of the angry, anti-government voter, Republicans in Florida House District 80 have three flavors of conservatism from which to choose.
A lively Republican primary race in the east-central district features incumbent Debbie Mayfield, R-Vero Beach, former state Rep. Art Argenio and first-time candidate Bradley Ward.
The jobs bill on the governor's desk and awaiting his signature at this hour will provide smoother sailing for luxury yacht buyers, but not so much for jet purchasers.
A late amendment to Senate Bill 1752 placed an $18,000 cap on the sales tax that applies to luxury boats. That means the tax paid on a $3 million vessel, or even a $10 million vessel, will be the same as the levy paid on a $300,000 boat.
A car boasting double the fuel-efficiency of hybrids is on the drawing boards of a Rockledge, Fla.-based company.
Avera Motors, launched by 27-year-old RJ Scaringe, said the company's team of engineers is developing an "ultra-efficient platform that will be used for a range of affordable, green performance vehicles."
