Anyone interested in getting an interpretation of a new law that allows Florida-friendly landscaping, even in homeowners associations that previously prohibited it, can contact Bonnie Hazleton at (850) 245-2121. ...more

August 26, 2009

The Internal Revenue Service is eliminating a program that uses private debt collectors to go after tax delinquents, the agency announced Thursday evening. ...more

March 5, 2009

At least 85 students who have fallen on hard times have sought help from University of South Florida administrators who undertook a campaign to keep them in school. ...more

November 17, 2008

At least 85 students who have fallen on hard times have sought help from University of South Florida administrators who undertook a campaign to keep them in school. ...more

November 14, 2008

TAMPA - John Pool wants to know why the U.S. Department of Labor is saying no. ...more

May 6, 2008

The CIA's inspector general has agreed to tighter controls over its investigative procedures, agency officials revealed Friday, in what appeared to be an attempt to soften resentments among agency officials over the watchdog's aggressive probes into the legality and effectiveness of the CIA's counterterrorism efforts and detention programs. ...more

February 2, 2008

While professing a belief in open government, President Bush has hardly run the country that way. His administration has looked with disdain upon the Freedom of Information Act and worked to make even more information secret. ...more

December 31, 2007

A new sinkhole-damage tracking system is being subverted by opportunistic lawyers trying to scare up clients, county commissioners complained today. ...more

September 11, 2007