Newly unemployed Americans will have to spend about 30 percent of their jobless benefits on average to pay for health insurance through their former employer, according to a new report. ...more

January 10, 2009

Hernando County government leaders say it is difficult to speculate on how much money if any Hernando County will receive as part of President-elect Obama's proposed multi-billion dollar economic stimulus package. ...more

January 6, 2009

Highlands County plans to request $29.7 million from President Obama's economic stimulus package. ...more

January 4, 2009

Congress convenes its new two-year session in early January, and the Tampa Bay area's federal lawmakers agree that the ailing economy and Americans' dwindling access to health care are priorities. ...more

December 29, 2008

Congress convenes its new two-year session in early January, and Tampa Bay's federal lawmakers agree that the ailing economy and Americans' dwindling access to health care are priorities. ...more

December 22, 2008

Widening the County Line Road that runs between Pasco and Hernando counties would, at least initially, mainly benefit Hernando residents. So Pasco County officials haven't fallen over themselves helping their Hernando counterparts get money to widen the congested two-lane east-west route. That appears to be changing. ...more

December 20, 2008

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor has concerns about the economic game plan President-elect Barack Obama has been putting together during the transition. ...more

December 20, 2008

Obama promotes a recovery plan that would feature spending on roads and infrastructure, schools, and green technology. ...more

December 18, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- County officials were to present commissioners this morning with a list of $1.4 billion in public works projects they say could be started in early 2009 if Congress passes the massive economic stimulus package proposed by President-elect Barack Obama. ...more

December 16, 2008

The federal government is soon going to be allocating billions of dollars for cities to build rail projects, both as part of the new transportation bill and as a one-time economic stimulus to help the economy. ...more

December 14, 2008