NEW PORT RICHEY -- Lee Murphy always has a big heart, pitching in for countless fundraisers for West Pasco charities. Now it turns out Murphy needs a heart. With his 37-year-old heart operating at 25 percent, doctors told him he will need a heart transplant. In the meantime a pacemaker, defibrillator and monitor will help keep him going. ...more

August 6, 2008

In an effort to cast himself as independent of the influence of money on politics, Sen. Barack Obama often highlights the campaign contributions of $200 or less that have amounted to fully half of the $340 million he has collected so far. ...more

August 6, 2008

Lake Placid Elementary School teachers will be doing without some of the extras in the classroom this upcoming school year, such as FCAT practice materials and new materials for struggling readers. ...more

July 29, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama's campaign said Thursday that it collected $52 million in June, the second-best fundraising month of the year, through an aggressive mix of small and large contributions that produced more than twice the amount raised by Sen. John McCain. ...more

July 18, 2008

After being out of the pro shop for the last couple of years, John Vicker is back where he belongs. ...more

July 13, 2008

Barack Obama told Hillary Rodham Clinton's top financial backers Thursday that he personally has donated $2,300 to her campaign and more significantly has asked his biggest donors to help pay off her more than $20 million debt. ...more

June 27, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Pasco County might clamp down on roadside fundraisers who don't get necessary permits to seek money from drivers stopped at traffic signals. ...more

June 24, 2008

An overflowing campaign war chest and no war to fight. That's the situation Hernando Clerk of Court Karen Nicolai finds herself in now that she has no opposition in her re-election bid. ...more

June 24, 2008

The fundraising gap between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama narrowed in May as they raised nearly the same amount of money and ended the month in similar cash positions. ...more

June 22, 2008

BANDSHELL COMMITTEE ORGANIZES ITS FIRST POKER RUN SATURDAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE CITY'S FREE MONTHLY CONCERTS ...more

June 15, 2008