Budget cuts will spare solicitor general after all
TALLAHASSEE -- Even as the ax falls throughout Florida government, one of the state's best-paid lawyers will keep his job after all.
Graham has surgery for skin cancer
GAINESVILLE -- U.S. Sen. Bob Graham underwent two hours of outpatient surgery Monday to remove a small, nonlethal skin cancer, a basal cell carcinoma, from the right side of his nose.
Argenziano ousted from key House finance panel
The feisty lawmaker learned of her removal by Speaker Tom Feeney on the eve of a special budget-paring session.
Democrats fret over Capitol office politics
TALLAHASSEE -- Republicans in the Legislature promise that the redrawing of legislative districts will be the most open in Florida's history. But what happened Monday didn't make Democrats feel any more confident about that.
Forests losing ground to urban sprawl
Millions of acres of Southern forests, including timberland in fast-growing Florida, will be lost to urban sprawl over the next 20 years, according to a federal study released Monday by the U.S. Forest Service.
