CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin today tried to build support and counter criticism of a proposal to sell a prison in rural northwestern Illinois to the federal government to house Guantanamo Bay detainees and other inmates. ...more

November 15, 2009

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is near the top of President Barack Obama's list of candidates to head the Health and Human Services Department at least partially on the strength of her long and close working relationship with the president, a senior administration official said. ...more

February 9, 2009

She sat patiently in her wheelchair, as scurrying volunteers gathered ham, a turkey, canned goods, bread, and bags of potatoes, apples and pungent onions in a storeroom with sporadic drafts of frigid air from outside. ...more

December 26, 2008

The Pasco County School Board will talk about additional spending cuts this afternoon. ...more

December 1, 2008

The old red brick schoolhouse in Turkey Creek won't become a library, but it won't face the wrecking ball either. ...more

November 12, 2008

The widening of Elgin Boulevard moved closer to reality Tuesday after county commissioners unanimously voted to spend $155,325 to buy another piece of property on that road. ...more

October 15, 2008

More than 250 people listened Thursday night to the three candidates for Pasco County sheriff speak on law enforcement issues. ...more

October 11, 2008

County bosses to mull alternatives. ...more

August 12, 2008

Peggy Quince said she'll focus on budget problems, bias, mentally ill prisoners and foster children after receiving the gavel Friday as the first black woman to head Florida's court system. ...more

June 28, 2008

DUNEDIN – The city could cut 18 full-time positions from its fiscal 2009 budget to make up for an expected $2.6 million revenue shortfall. In an interview today, City Manager Robert DiSpirito said the city has everything it could to prevent having to lay off any employees. The amount of property tax revenue the city will lose next fiscal year to state-mandated property tax rate cuts is so large, however, he will be forced to recommend staff reductions, DiSpirito said. ...more

June 26, 2008