Brent Batten Columns

Super Bowl betting is becoming as big a part of the game as the commercials, the halftime show and oh, yes, the playing of football.

The map emerging from the process not only puts eastern Collier County in the district where Diaz-Balart is most likely to run, it also skews more Republican than his district as presently configured.

These polls are all well and good but there’s one that stands out in my estimation.

Notes from a busy week of presidential politics in Southwest Florida.

Even before he’s been officially handed the keys to the mayor’s office, John Sorey is handing out keys to the city.

All the hoopla over the 103 acres at the end of the Immokalee Airport runway and whether or not the Immokalee Area Master Plan increases their value ignores one thing. ---- The 103 acres are at the end of the ...

I couldn’t help but be reminded of the contrasting images last week when President Barack Obama decided against proceeding with the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas.

After being blocked for seven years from auditing routine county operations the way he wanted to, Brock, the Clerk of Courts, has gotten back in the business of looking over county books. Every time he does so, he says, he ...

One theory holds that Henning, who abstained from voting on the plan on Dec. 13 because he owns property in Immokalee, would actually financially benefit more by not voting than by voting.

Among the 1,740 bills filed as the session began Tuesday are ones focusing on track and field at the University of Florida, zeroing in on the menace of adulterated syrup and refining the existing law against waging war on the ...

Broadcasters, journalists and the like have the makings of a good representative every bit as much as the comedians, football players and vintners there with them.

2011 draws to a close, what a riot.

2011 year in review: Summer better than others.

Spring. The days grow longer, as does the year in review.

Brent Batten: Rehashing in detail, and with a bit of humorous license, the odd events, outlandish happenings and curious occurrences of the past year.