He was looking at a 30 percent increase in commercial property taxes. ...more

October 4, 2008

The year's most important tax package was in trouble Friday as the House passed a key part of it that the White House threatened to veto and the Senate said was a dead end. ...more

September 27, 2008

Local businesses will have a better chance of getting Highlands County government contracts under the new "local preference" policy adopted Tuesday by the county commissioners. ...more

September 25, 2008

VIENNA, Austria — OPEC oil ministers have decided to curb overproduction by more than 500,000 barrels. ...more

September 9, 2008

President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year contrary to expectations that the improved security in Iraq would allow for quicker cuts, officials said. ...more

September 5, 2008

Nebraska's new "safe-haven" law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a significant way: It goes beyond babies and potentially permits the abandonment of anyone younger than 19. ...more

August 23, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Imagine Charter School at Land O' Lakes, which opened this week in a temporary location, still plans to move to a permanent site in August 2009. ...more

August 23, 2008

A divided planning commission gave animal rescuer Sue Lambert permission to house as many as 25 dogs on her property off Altamont Lane despite the objections of neighbors who say Lambert's operation is a nuisance. ...more

August 14, 2008

Now that Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination for president, he says convention delegates from Florida and Michigan should have full voting rights at the party's national convention. ...more

August 3, 2008

"The Other," by David Guterson (Alfred Knopf, $24.95) ...more

July 27, 2008