Nielsen Media Research warned its Oldsmar employees Tuesday that more layoffs are coming as the company continues to shift technical work to contract companies abroad. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA - Nielsen Media Research warned its Oldsmar employees Tuesday that more layoffs are coming as the company continues to shift technical work to contract companies abroad. ...more

June 24, 2008

SEBRING — A proposed state law, introduced for the Legislature's new 2008 session, would shut down most of Highlands County's road building projects, and severely limit the cost-effectiveness of the county's new asphalt plant. That is the assessment of House Bill 683 by Ramon Gavarette, Highlands County Engineer, and Ross Macbeth, attorney for the Highlands County commissioners. The county asphalt plant, which is scheduled to start production this spring, would be the first asphalt plant owned and operated by a local government in Florida. Commissioners have borrowed $3.3 million to build the plant, based on Ken Wheeler, director of the county solid waste department, estimating it will save $700,000 per year on road work. House Bill 683 apparently was pushed by the Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida, which tried unsuccessfully to talk the county commissioners out of building the first county-owned asphalt plant in the state. ...more

January 26, 2008

Your Dec. 19 editorial, "Dingfelder Plays Emotional Games with Necessary City Cutbacks," and a separate article in the Metro section, "City's Ax Aims At Minorities" prompt me to respond on several levels and issues. ...more

December 26, 2007

Across the country states have tried to come up with ways to hold down the cost of Medicaid, and no reform program initially showed greater promise than the Florida effort advanced by Jeb Bush. ...more

October 29, 2007