On Tuesday, Nov. 10, the Board of County Commissioners will consider temporarily reducing the impact tax back to 2001 levels. ...more

November 7, 2009

There is too much crude on global oil markets, senior oil officials from Iran and Libya said Monday, as the price of oil continued a two-month slide. ...more

September 9, 2008

Wayne Jefferson recently performed an amazing racing feat. Jefferson, known to local racing fans as "The Rocketman," won all four Open-Wheel Modified races he entered in May. His streak began with a victory at USA Speedway in the final event of the FASCAR Extreme Series on May 3. ...more

June 19, 2008

The federal government predicts that 27 levees could potentially overflow along the Mississippi River if the weather forecast is on the mark and a massive sandbagging effort fails to raise the level of the levees, according to a map obtained Monday by The Associated Press. ...more

June 17, 2008

Home foreclosures and late payments set records over the first three months of the year and are expected to keep rising, stark signs of the housing crisis' mounting damage to homeowners and the economy. ...more

June 6, 2008

It pains me to see the most powerful man in the world, the U.S. president, humbly down on bended knee, with hat in hand, begging the towel-headed king of super-rich Saudi Arabia for more oil. ...more

May 31, 2008

The worst of the credit crisis may have passed, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday, while acknowledging that rising gas prices will blunt the effect of 130 million economic stimulus checks. He ruled out a second stimulus package for now. ...more

May 8, 2008

Elected officials in Hernando County need to think twice about raising impact fees on the construction of single-family homes - at least anytime soon. ...more

December 31, 2007