On-campus, Joseph O'Shea is a leader among his peers as student body president of Florida State University. Off-campus, he already is a leader in the fight to reform America's health care system. ...more

November 20, 2007

TALLAHASSEE - Joseph O'Shea of Dunedin, student body president of Florida State University, is already a leader in the area of health care reform. Now he is heading to Oxford University in England as Florida's new recipient of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. ...more

November 19, 2007

Pain often follows change, and so it is with Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio's proactive plan to restructure the way the city does business. ...more

November 17, 2007

Opinions appear to becoming polarized over the proposed changes to the state's property tax system voters will see on the Jan. 29 presidential preference primary ballot. ...more

November 7, 2007

Former Florida Senate President John McKay has proposed a plan that could cut property taxes up to 45 percent by eliminating sales tax exemptions that mostly benefit businesses. ...more

November 4, 2007

The Legislature is giving the state a bad choice: Either vote for a tax reform that is small and broadly unhelpful, or get no reform at all. ...more

October 31, 2007

Inequities Remain Regarding 'Helping Those With No Complaints Wrong Way To Spell Tax Relief' (Our Opinion, Oct. 12): ...more

October 20, 2007

Lawmakers abruptly left Tallahassee yesterday with no agreement on how to cut property taxes. They should end the charade. They are searching for a fix that can't be found in a week. ...more

October 19, 2007

The Legislature hopes to pass a property tax relief package at midweek and have the language on the Jan. 29 ballot as a constitutional amendment. ...more

October 14, 2007

A widow wants to downsize from the $250,000 home she has lived in for decades to a $200,000 abode. Then she learns her tax bill would jump from $1,500 a year to $3,500 a year. ...more

October 14, 2007