Close your eyes, reach into your wallet and try to distinguish between a $1 bill and a $5 bill. Impossible? It's also discriminatory, a federal appeals court says. ...more

May 21, 2008

State legislatures have for years had a habit of increasing "sin taxes" - mostly on liquor and tobacco - to raise revenue. This year will be no different. ...more

February 13, 2008

Barack Obama powered past Hillary Rodham Clinton in the race for Democratic convention delegates Tuesday on a night of triumph sweetened with outsized primary victories in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. ...more

February 13, 2008

A federal appeals court said Friday the Bush administration ignored the law when it imposed less stringent requirements on power plants to reduce mercury pollution, which scientists fear could cause neurological problems in 60,000 newborns a year. ...more

February 9, 2008

Merck & Co. will pay $671 million to settle claims it overcharged government health programs for four popular drugs and gave doctors fees and gifts to induce them to prescribe its drugs, U.S. prosecutors and company officials said Thursday. ...more

February 8, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Home Prices Fall Again But Drop More Elsewhere If misery loves company, here's some good news: A new report shows that housing prices in five other cities may be dropping more than prices in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

January 30, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - Florida's schools ranked 14th nationally with a grade of C-plus on a report card issued Wednesday by Education Week magazine, although the state placed 38th in public education spending. ...more

January 9, 2008

A woman who injured 49 people when she plowed her car through a street festival while high on crack cocaine was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday. ...more

January 9, 2008

The Second Amendment's provisions protecting the right to keep and bear arms apply only to the federal government, not the 50 states and the District of Columbia, lawyers for the nation's capital argued Friday in a written brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. ...more

January 5, 2008

A nine-year ban on city funding for needle-exchange programs in the District of Columbia has been lifted, a move city officials say is key to reducing the soaring rate of AIDS and HIV infections in the nation's capital. ...more

December 28, 2007