Michael Peltier

Like the oil sheen from the Deepwater Horizon well itself, talk of a special session to address issues related to the historic oil spill appear to have vanished as legislative leaders and political hopefuls turn their attention toward upcoming elections ...

Following more than a decade of discussions, arguments, stops and starts, state wildlife officials this week are scheduled to change the way they classify endangered and threatened species.

Early voting appears to be catching on, according to a survey of elections supervisors who say millions already spent on gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races may be raising the level of early interest across the board.

Suzanne Burke is ecstatic that BP has successfully capped the well that before its cementing poured 5 million gallons of light crude into the Gulf of Mexico.

It looks like the Beatles were wrong. I seems money, indeed, can buy you love. Or at least provide a significant downpayment.

So much for grass-roots efforts. If anyone tells you the constitutional amendment process is a means for regular citizens to avoid the courts or the Legislature, think again.

Following months or criticism over paying claims too slowly, BP is now taking heat from some for just the opposite, paying locals too much for their efforts and upsetting a regional economy that some fear will never return.

Nerves are wearing thin along the Florida Panhandle as heavier concentrations of oil invaded once sugar sand beaches last week and dashed the hopes that Florida would somehow escape the ravages of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Legislative qualifying ended Friday at high noon with a few surprises, including the last-minute filing of Naples Republican Ann Grady to run for the seat held for a single term by her husband, Tom.

Gary Chernekoff doesn’t own a restaurant, isn’t a charter boat captain and doesn’t work for a hotel or resort. At first blush, he’s not directly connected to the tourism industry that is so important here along the Florida Gulf coast.

At first view, nothing seems to have changed as a few tourists and locals enjoy the surf at one of Florida’s most famous beaches over the weekend. People pick up shells, snap photos and set up beach umbrellas for what ...

The immigration fight may come to Florida as early as next year after a House Republican said he’ll likely file legislation to crack down on illegal immigration by proposing a measure similar to a controversial measure passed in Arizona that ...

TALLAHASSEE — Unless I am completely oblivious to Florida election history, I’m finding it hard to find a more interesting or unsettled election cycle, made even more so by the decision last week of Rep. Tom Grady to forego a ...

Bolstering its involvement from cheerleader to plaintiff, a national business group has joined Florida and other states in a growing lawsuit against national health-care reform. In the meantime, the list of plaintiffs has grown from the original list of 13 ...

A little over a year ago, it looked as if the table had been set for November 2010.