all easy to read and to the point. ...more

September 29, 2009

In November, Dawn Grossman took her fourth-graders to Tallahassee. Last week, Tallahassee came to her fourth-grade class. ...more

December 17, 2008

Flawed Bill ...more

October 4, 2008

The fallout from the vote against a bailout package for the U.S. financial system may well dig deep into the economy. ...more

September 30, 2008

Has the country outgrown the House of Representatives? U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida wonders if that's so. ...more

June 15, 2008

The Tampa Bay area's transportation authority appeared Friday on Florida TaxWatch's list of "budget turkeys," raising the specter of a possible funding veto for a second straight year. ...more

May 31, 2008

The recent dust-up between presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama over the role of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in passing the 1964 Civil Rights Act was unfortunate but timely, occurring as it did a few weeks before the nation honors the civil rights leader on this national holiday. ...more

January 21, 2008

Quick. Fill in the blank. The biggest challenge facing Hillsborough County is ________ ? ...more

January 4, 2008

These days, lots of important decisions about your life are being made in Tallahassee. ...more

November 25, 2007

These days, lots of important decisions about your life are being made in Tallahassee. How much property tax you will pay, what kind of insurance you can buy, whether public education and health care will be funded adequately. Increasingly, however, these decisions are being made in private, without the scrutiny of the public and the media. ...more

November 24, 2007