Interesting that opting out to move the public option through Congress is gaining momentum among some blue dog Democrats and those conservative Republicans whose constituencies lie mostly in the southern states, a few in the far west. ...more

October 29, 2009

Randy Roberts, government relations director for Publix Super Markets Inc., died suddenly at his Lakeland home Friday morning. ...more

February 28, 2009

Randy Roberts, government relations director for Publix Supermarkets Inc., died suddenly at his Lakeland home this morning. ...more

February 27, 2009

It cannot be described with certainty how Pat Mulieri took the news that she had drawn a serious, well-schooled and demonstrably successful challenger for her presumed bid to return to the county commission in 2010. But the betting here is that it involved brown paper bags. ...more

February 8, 2009

She covered nine presidents and never backed off asking the hard questions. ...more

August 17, 2008

Jerry Airola, founder and chief executive of the Las Vegas-based helicopter flight school that closed four academies in Florida and 29 others nationwide on Sunday, was appointed to a Nevada economic advisory group days before his company filed Monday for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. ...more

February 6, 2008

President Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation of Russia's prime minister on Wednesday and nominated Viktor Zubkov, the low-profile chief of a financial crimes agency, to assume the post. ...more

September 13, 2007