Only about four years ago, the state's school districts were adding portable classrooms, building new schools and classroom wings and struggling to find enough teachers to fill all those new classrooms. ...more

December 28, 2009

We're either on the verge of a new era in transparency in the federal government — or we're not. ...more

December 27, 2009

Pasco County commissioners want to get to the bottom of the oil drilling issue, so they are planning a local workshop in January. ...more

December 27, 2009

It is becoming increasingly evident that the shadowy group promoting oil drilling immediately off Florida's shores is playing fast and loose with the facts. ...more

December 26, 2009

Pasco County commissioners want to get to the bottom of the oil drilling issue, so they are planning a local workshop in January. ...more

December 5, 2009

Pasco County commissioners want to get to the bottom of the oil drilling issue, so they are planning a local workshop in January. "They said it's a done deal," County Commission Chairwoman Pat Mulieri said Tuesday about proposals to lift a ban on drilling near Florida coasts. ...more

December 1, 2009

Drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico could harm Florida's economy by interfering with military training and testing in the Gulf and cutting activity at Florida bases, Sen. Bill Nelson told the Tampa Chamber of Commerce on Monday. ...more

November 10, 2009

There's been a lot of talk recently about how oil drilling has made the Texas and Louisiana coast look dirty. ...more

November 10, 2009

I've had a few questions lately about this idea of Florida getting oil-drilling revenues to help with its sagging budget - and things like schools. If you're swayed by this argument and big oil's latest push to put rigs off the tourism state, then you need to know something: Oil money from federal leases cannot be used for that kind of stuff. It can only be used to clean up the mess and damages from drilling. ...more

June 16, 2009

Challenging 38-year incumbent C.W. Bill Young for Congress is daunting, but Dunedin Mayor Bob Hackworth thinks he has the key. ...more

October 19, 2008