With the city manager application deadline approaching, Kathy Bennett, Avon Park's human resource specialist, received two more applications Monday morning. ...more

January 5, 2010

Some variation of the axiom "Great leaders are made, not born" has been used for years in the business, political and sports worlds to help motivate individuals to strive beyond the common and reach new heights. ...more

December 27, 2009

Some variation of the axiom "Great leaders are made, not born" has been used for years in the business, political and sports worlds to help motivate individuals to strive beyond the common and reach new heights. ...more

December 16, 2009

A rainy-season ban of nitrogen-based fertilizers would curtail a major water polluter and spare Hillsborough County millions of dollars in cleanup costs. ...more

December 8, 2009

State Agriculture Secretary Charles Bronson and other opponents of a federal plan to decrease the pollution of Florida's rivers, lakes and bays say the restrictions would generate billions of dollars of costs for businesses and local governments. ...more

December 3, 2009

The Florida economy will turn around but it will take the work both of residents and of government leaders to make it happen. ...more

November 25, 2009

a program that has exposed taxpayers to financial risk for too long. ...more

November 22, 2009

Every lawsuit filed or even threatened under a California law aimed at electing more minorities to local offices - and all of the roughly $4.3 million from settlements so far - can be traced to just two people: a pair of attorneys who worked together writing the statute, The Associated Press has found. ...more

November 15, 2009

State Sen. Mike Fasano is upset that Pinellas County has yet to implement a program to help first-time homebuyers with down payments. ...more

November 13, 2009

Hoping to increase Tampa's share of federal stimulus funding for infrastructure upgrades and other needs, city officials are considering hiring a Washington lobbyist. ...more

November 11, 2009