This shouldn't surprise many Floridians, but the Sunshine State ranked 48th in the country in economic growth in 2008, according to new federal data. ...more

June 3, 2009

Turning more upbeat, President Barack Obama said Friday his administration is working to create a "post-bubble" model for solid economic growth once the recession ends. He said that means the days of overheated housing markets and "people maxing out on their credit cards" are over. ...more

March 14, 2009

Where's The Outrage? I am amazed and appalled by the degree of passive public acceptance that has greeted the so-called stimulus bill that President Barack Obama signed this week. ...more

February 21, 2009

The opposing points of view expressed by writers Amity Shlaes and Karl Frisch regarding the effectiveness of FDR's New Deal policies (Views, Feb. 15) resulted in a textbook conservative vs. liberal comparison on the debate of issues in 2009 American politics. ...more

February 18, 2009

Florida is waiting on Congress to pass an economic stimulus package to fund schools, heath care and road construction. ...more

January 21, 2009

Asked his level of interest in entering the U.S. Senate race in 2010, Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday that it was "not much." ...more

January 15, 2009

Port of Tampa director Richard Wainio has been appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's advisory council on trade and transportation, which serves as the bank's source for global trade trends. ...more

November 10, 2008

The Highlands County commissioners brought Michael Wright here 78 days ago as their new chief executive officer with one main mission: to make the hard decisions on a tough-times budget caused by the recession. ...more

August 17, 2008

Supporters of a proposed Florida constitutional amendment requiring voters to approve changes in local growth management plans told a federal judge Wednesday that a host of discrepancies and problems improperly blocked the measure from the November ballot. ...more

August 7, 2008

Jim Gries's letter about Social Security is unnecessary fear mongering. Social Security is simply an income transfer program. Workers today pay a tax to support retirees and disabled people. In exchange, workers get the promise that when they retire, a new generation of workers will support them. As Gries notes, the program has a substantial surplus. By law, that surplus is invested in bonds issued by the U.S. government. ...more

August 7, 2008