The city's largest union goes to the polls today to vote on a proposed one-year contract for city workers that includes no pay raises and no reduction in benefits. ...more

November 10, 2009

Fred Palensar of Holiday wants ordinary people, not business executives and ex-politicians, on the utility rate-setting Florida Public Service Commission. ...more

March 7, 2009

Your e-mails and letters were all over the board this week, from the American Dream to emergency rooms to gator movies. ...more

March 3, 2009

Until the 2008 stock market crash, David and Priscilla Williams were planning on not spending many more cold winters in Philadelphia. ...more

January 18, 2009

Two months after having to evict one of its own, the Tampa Housing Authority is set to have a full board again. Mayor Pam Iorio has chosen Hersey Jackson to fill the vacant resident board seat formerly held by Karen Peoples, the longtime public housing resident who sat in the chair for 10 years. ...more

November 18, 2008

I read one of your articles in which you talked about those receiving Social Security disability benefits being allowed to work. ...more

November 10, 2008

Jon Kueney of New Port Richey, vice chairman of the Pasco Libertarian Party, says people will question voting for Barack Obama after less than two years of his "Marxist" policies. ...more

November 8, 2008

Where Do All TheTax Dollars Go? I am a mother of two, one in high school and one in elementary. My concern is I'm sure, like most parents every year, our taxes have gone up, and every year the school supply lists get bigger and longer. Also, there are now lab fees for my son in high school that are mandatory to pay now. I am sure we're not the only family feeling the cost of living going up considerably this year along with gas prices and groceries prices as well. ...more

August 27, 2008

This letter is in reference to the article "When a Promise Isn't Kept." I was having my morning cup of coffee and I picked up the Highlands Today, dated Aug. 22, and saw the Three Stooges; oh I'm sorry, the Four Stooges, complaining like my mom used to say, "Complaining about how hard they have it with a loaf of bread under each arm." Ford, G.M. and Chrysler are in the shape they are today because of men like these four, wanting more and more! No wonder we are called ugly Americans! The days of working at the same job for 20 years are mostly over and the younger guys coming up don't get benefits like these guys anymore. ...more

August 25, 2008

Across the country, people are losing their homes. Banks and lenders are taking them back in historic numbers. As the headlines have shouted for months, the Bay area has earned the distinction of having one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation during the past year. It's almost twice the national average. But the steady drumbeat of numbers doesn't show the human toll. ...more

June 27, 2008