Brent Batten Columns

Documents to be presented to commissioners include the phrase, “Estimate to complete (right of way) acquisition for the middle section in anticipation of Jackson Labs arrival.”

The Florida Supreme Court has removed three items, all promoted by the Republican-led Legislature, from the slate of proposed constitutional amendments.

Any notion that the political class had maxed out the phone’s potential by having one recording device speak to another recording device is dispelled now by revelations of a new robo _ the robopoll.

A drawn out process of revisions and appeals dating back to 1996 resulted in “new” flood zone maps based on readings taken before the development boom of the 2000s took place.

But based on Tuesday’s results, people aren’t ready to throw them out of “Our House,” just yet.

It was as if the heavens were sending out a warning to the school staff _ “Something onery this way comes.”

There is a way to minimize the cost of the insurance and possibly to avoid it altogether. It’s going to require some action on your part though.

Such accounts get more than their share of negative publicity, but there’s nothing inherently illegal about them.

Defense attorneys will tell you that even in a case where your client has confessed _ as Damas has, famously, on video, to a reporter _ there are steps that must be taken to ensure justice.

How can one person know what another person is going to do once the one person is no longer with the other person? Right?

If you’re a proponent of the idea of using taxpayer support to fund the first stage of what is hoped will be a job-creating advanced medical hub at the Ave Maria site, you’re not going to like the tenor of ...

Many bidders aren’t even registered with E-Verify and county purchasing officials acknowledge it’s not something they check when reviewing bids.

Such is the state of politics today. Everything that can be spun will be spun. And everything can be spun.

There are intersections of ideas, crossroads between individuals and circumstances, that can prove dangerous too.

In spite of, or perhaps because of, attempts to tweak campaign rules, it can still be difficult to fathom exactly who is paying for the messages inundating the airwaves in the weeks before an election.