Archive for April, 2009

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A lawyer who let a female client work off her fee through sex has been disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- An energy bill that's a priority for Gov. Charlie Crist was approved by the Senate, but may still have a difficult time getting through the House.

NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina public school system announced plans to close while another school canceled classes following word of the state's first confirmed cases of swine flu.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Voters in 2010 will get a chance to decide whether to end the use of taxpayer money on political campaigns.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Police departments would be required to adopt policies to protect confidential informants under a bill headed to the governor.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Philip Ashler, a former state legislator who also served in the Florida Cabinet, is dead at 94.