The Big Tent

Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday, and a more deserving recipient you'd be hard-pressed to find. He's the best songwriter in America, and it was nice to see that reflected in a way the straw-spined Grammys never will.But if you want to ta...

Florida reaction to the death of former first lady Barbara Bush at age 92.Gov. Rick Scott: “Our hearts are heavy to hear about the passing of First Lady Barbara Bush. She was an incredible First Lady, wife, mother, grandmother, and role model f...

TAMPA — Democrat Bob Buesing announced Tuesday night that he'll withdraw from the state Senate District 18 race against Sen. Dana Young, R-Tampa.He encouraged his supporters and donors to back Rep. Janet Cruz, another Tampa Democrat, who a...

Here's how far behind the Hillsborough County School District and its teachers union are in this year's salary negotiations:Tired of contract negotiations dragging on until after Christmas, the two sides agreed last year to begin bargaining no later ...

To meet new Florida school safety law, Pasco County school district leaders want to add trained law enforcement officers to all its elementary schools, which don't already have one.Just one problem, chief finance officer Olga Swinson told the School ...

The four Florida Department of Revenue hard drives that went missing last month contained secret information about taxpayers.But state police say 21-year-old Andru Reed found something better to store on the drives: Xbox video games.On Tuesday, Reed ...

TAMPA — Gov. Rick Scott told a room of local businessmen and women Tuesday that he wants to put an end to career politicians, a frequent mantra of his nascent Senate campaign.Yet in the 48 hours after his Tampa appearance, the Republican's...

Gov. Rick Scott is making the local party rounds.The Hillsborough County GOP announced that Scott will headline its annual Lincoln Day Dinner on May 19. The May event in Hillsborough will also feature Attorney General Pam Bondi and Congressmen Dennis...

Ms. Lauryn Hill is bringing one of hip-hop's landmark albums to life in St. Petersburg. The iconoclastic singer and rapper will this summer embark on a tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, and it'll hit St. Peter...

Democrats are in a weird spot when it comes to Donald Trump in 2018.The Republican president is universally reviled by liberals, many of whom would like nothing more than to see the brash billionaire bounced from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. But the Con...