The state Supreme Court decided Thursday to hold off on a decision on whether a state constitutional amendment allowing slot machines in South Florida should be invalidated because of forged petition signatures. ...more

September 30, 2007

It's normal to feel compassion for people so overcome by chronic pain from health problems that they break laws to obtain large quantities of the medicine they need, then, incredibly, are branded drug traffickers and sentenced to prison for at least 25 years. ...more

September 27, 2007

Talk about changing the rules of the game. These are frustrating, uncertain times for local officials trying to figure out budgets, priorities and property-tax scenarios - without the state Supreme Court messing with their toolbox. In this case, Strand v. Escambia County, the Florida Supremes have unanimously decided to fundamentally alter the way or tax increment financing, or TIF, money can be spent. ...more

September 24, 2007

Insurance companies can be required to pay only for actual damage and just that resulting from covered perils such as windstorms or fires - not other causes - the state Supreme Court said Thursday in two rulings affecting homeowner policies. ...more

September 21, 2007

TALLAHASSEE - Insurance companies can be required to pay only for actual damage and just that resulting from covered perils such as windstorms or fires - not other causes - the state Supreme Court said Thursday in two rulings affecting homeowner policies. ...more

September 20, 2007

TAMPA - Tampa Housing Authority officials are unsure whether the long-planned Central Park Village redevelopment is in jeopardy, but they do not appear to be panicking. ...more

September 19, 2007

Some of the city's most visible and significant projects are in limbo as Tampa officials try to decipher a state Supreme Court ruling that could have devastating effects on local government. ...more

September 19, 2007