Terry Williams, the senior vice president of the Pasco Hernando Jobs and Education Partnership Board, has submitted his resignation to the agency's board of directors. ...more

June 26, 2009

In this town, people must pay to pee. A 20-year drought has caused a critical water shortage. To control its consumption residents are forced to do their restroom activities in public facilities with a fee. ...more

April 1, 2009

The county is scrambling to financially prop up its embattled fleet department. ...more

February 26, 2009

Thomas Friedman seems to think the time is right for Obama to launch massive government programs. (Other Views, Jan. 23). He uses the New Deal and the Great Society as successful examples. ...more

January 26, 2009

Workers for former elections supervisor Buddy Johnson either ignored calls or canceled meetings as auditors tried to gain access to the elections office's financial records, Hillsborough County commissioners were told Wednesday. ...more

January 8, 2009

Hillsborough County's affordable housing program exists to help low-income homebuyers. ...more

January 2, 2009

Hillsborough County's troubled affordable housing office is getting a new director. ...more

December 20, 2008

Our future holds nothing but further degradation of our economy and monetary system. For two years I have conveyed urgency pertaining to the state of the economy. Small business owners and the working class are being smashed by the government's inept fiscal policies. Our money is being distributed to financial institutions and rather than it improving our economy, it is being used for buying up smaller banks. ...more

December 6, 2008

Detroit's Big Three automakers pleaded with Congress on Tuesday for a $25 billion lifeline to save the once-proud titans of U.S. industry, warning of a national economic catastrophe should they collapse. ...more

November 18, 2008

I am a retired police chief from a major city. I reside in Highlands County and have been listening and reading about the conflicts within the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. I am very concerned about the current sheriff's mismanagement of the budget and the conflict between the sheriff and other elected officials. ...more

October 7, 2008