George W. Bush reaches out
The GOP candidate motors by bus from Daytona Beach to Tampa with his brother Jeb to woo crucial Florida voters.

Fischer fined for campaign violations
The District 52 state House candidate pays a total of $300 for language in two invitations that portrays her as the incumbent.

Full house greets Bush brothers
TAMPA -- The bumper stickers plastered on a white Dodge Caravan in the parking lot of the Florida State Fairgrounds Wednesday night said it all:

Bills packed with state projects
Various spending bills are expected to provide $286-million, which includes a Pinellas-based Army Reserve unit.

Everglades bill approval tangled in legislative spat
Environmental groups backing Everglades restoration fear that a tussle between the two houses of Congress will tie up final approval of the multibillion-dollar program to help the River of Grass before the session adjourns this week.