Pasco residents already are facing a possible economic double whammy by early 2010 that could turn into a triple blow without action, state lawmakers say. ...more

October 28, 2009

Lost sovereignty Editor: It is my understanding that President Barack Obama will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December. I have read that the president will sign a treaty without seeking a two-thirds ratification of the treaty by the Senate, or any other type of Congressional approval. I read that most of the world will sign it. It is my understanding that this treaty will bring the United States into a position of submission to the rest of the world and bring us more than ever under the control of the U.N. ...more

October 27, 2009

Is journalism dying or is it on the verge of being reborn? Are we witnessing the end of newspapers, local TV and local radio news? ...more

April 1, 2009

The Issue: $2 parking fee at Pine Island. Our Opinion: Hernando Countians should get free pass. ...more

February 20, 2009

Katherine E. Wilhelm of Port Richey says the extra food stamps needy people receive each year quickly get knocked back down by the Social Security cost-of-living increase. ...more

January 24, 2009

Talk about kicking investors when they're down. A required year-end practice by mutual funds is about to whack many people with capital gains taxes when funds already have declined by as much as 40 percent this year. ...more

November 16, 2008

By Executive Order 10988 ,President John F. Kennedy granted federal employees the right to bargain collectively. ...more

August 13, 2008

The country slogged through slower economic growth and rising prices during the summer, packing a double whammy to people and businesses alike. ...more

July 24, 2008

County keeps millage rates intact. ...more

July 23, 2008

These are distasteful times for anyone who shares the responsibility for reconciling the bottom line. With the well-established exception of folks who ship their wares through the Strait of Hormuz, budgets are in the, well, tank. The proverbial wolf, brandishing a gas can and a bill for corn-diverting ethanol subsidies, bangs at every door. ...more

July 18, 2008