The Horrors Of FCAT At least this year my son didn't throw up before he walked through the gates of school to face the FCAT. But he lay awake nights, worrying. ...more

March 22, 2009

It may not be a matter of if, but when high school athletics in Hillsborough County will feel the effects of the country's economic crisis. ...more

March 21, 2009

If you work for Tom Hogan, don't let him catch you checking your brackets. ...more

March 20, 2009

Florida Democrats blasted Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum on Friday for using public money on anti-cyber crime commercials that they say are thinly veiled campaign ads. ...more

March 20, 2009

Auto insurers should not be allowed to use credit scores to determine rates, especially in tough economic times, two state officials said Thursday. ...more

March 20, 2009

Auto insurers should not be allowed to use credit scores to determine rates, especially in tough economic times, two state officials said today. ...more

March 19, 2009

Regarding "Crist's Tax Plan Doesn't Hold Water" (Other Views, March 18): ...more

March 19, 2009

For the fifth year in a row, the Florida Legislature is attacking local government control of wetlands permitting, especially aiming at Hillsborough County's Environmental Protection Commission (EPC). In the name of streamlining, legislators maintain that local wetland review duplicates that of other state agencies and is a reason for the state's economic crisis. Ha! ...more

March 19, 2009

The Senate on Tuesday voted to scrap the system that awards members of Congress an automatic cost-of-living pay raise every year. ...more

March 17, 2009

In one week, Michelle Obama sat for a formal White House portrait, dressed in somber, tailored clothes; posed for a snazzy People magazine cover, dressed in a slightly down-market, hot-pink lace outfit that showed plenty of skin; let the national media know that the First Family would be getting its new puppy from a rescue shelter; and had her press office mention casually that "secretaries and policymakers" had been invited for popcorn and movies at the White House. ...more

March 15, 2009