As the Legislature cut $1 billion from Florida's budget last year, one lawmaker wanted the state to sell one of its three planes to save $200,000 annually. ...more

January 7, 2008

Bestiality isn't a crime in Florida. A St. Petersburg lawmaker, however, is trying to make it a first-degree felony for humans to have sex with animals after a pregnant goat was raped and killed in Walton County last year. ...more

January 3, 2008

If he wanted, the Barack Obama of today could have a pretty good debate with the Barack Obama of yesterday. ...more

December 23, 2007

In the ongoing saga of whether Pasco County should approve at least the first phase of a proposed composting landfill in its eastern frontier, the time has come to add another anagram to the alphabet soup that so far has dominated the opposition. Thus, without delay, do we add MYOB - mind your own beeswax - to the thrum of NIMBY percussionists. ...more

December 5, 2007

State Rep. Bob Allen resigned Friday after being convicted of agreeing to pay $20 to perform oral sex on an undercover police officer in the men's room of a Titusville park. ...more

November 17, 2007

State Rep. Bob Allen's attorney doubts an impartial jury can be seated when the lawmaker's sex solicitation trial starts today. ...more

November 4, 2007

Dutch lawmakers who recently visited the Guantanamo Bay military prison said they were offended by a testy exchange in Washington with a senior congressional Democrat. ...more

October 28, 2007

Former President Alberto Fujimori, awaiting trial in Peru on seven charges of corruption and human rights violations, is being held in poor conditions, his attorney and daughter said Monday. ...more

September 25, 2007

A top homeland security lawmaker has called for an investigation into possible cyber attacks on computer systems at the Homeland Security Department. ...more

September 25, 2007

A powerful House committee chairman urged Wednesday that there be no 'rush to judgment' in the indictments against two Egyptian-born University of South Florida engineering students, one of whom is accused of trying to help terrorists. ...more

September 6, 2007