Tucked into a $410 billion appropriations bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday is nearly $12 million in federal funding for projects in the Tampa Bay area, including $4.2 million for Port of Tampa dredging and maintenance. The legislation, expected to be approved by the Senate and signed into law in the next few weeks, is aimed at funding government operations through this September. ...more

February 26, 2009

Gov. Sarah Palin was for the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" before she was against it, a change of position the GOP vice presidential running mate ignored Saturday when she bragged about telling Congress "thanks but no thanks" to the pork barrel project. ...more

September 1, 2008

William Sadowski may not be a name most people are familiar with. ...more

August 2, 2008

William Sadowski may not be a name most people are familiar with. But when county commissioners meet Tuesday to discuss reducing impact fees 25 percent, Sadowski's name could be bandied about quite a bit, especially as it relates to down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers. ...more

August 2, 2008

County commissioners didn't need another reminder of the bleakness of the Hernando County economy. ...more

July 23, 2008

Says market will improve when existing homes are sold. ...more

July 22, 2008

President Bush's final speech on the state of the union is a history lesson in why his popularity has sagged. ...more

January 30, 2008

A budget dispute erupted into a full-scale battle Tuesday as President Bush vetoed the Democrats' top-priority domestic spending bill and the party's Senate leader threatened to withhold war funding if the president does not agree to pull out of Iraq. ...more

November 14, 2007

In a rare display of sound stewardship of taxpayer dollars, the Senate removed a $1 million earmark from an appropriations bill. ...more

October 29, 2007

Senate Democrats on Tuesday reversed President Bush's cuts to education, health research and grants to local entities as they gird for Bush's first-ever veto of a regular appropriations bill. ...more

October 24, 2007