As painful as it may be for state workers to contemplate, lawmakers are right to consider salary cuts this year. ...more

March 26, 2009

This past Wednesday I read with interest the letter from Dallas Dunlap, and halfway through it I was struck by something he said: "Complaints about pork and rising deficits miss the point. To the economy, it doesn't much matter how the money is spent." ...more

March 13, 2009

Tampa's firefighters will receive a 2.5 percent cost-of-living raise this year as well as an additional 3.5 percent step plan increase for those who qualify. ...more

March 6, 2009

Twenty clients of the University Area Community Resource Center will be part of a pilot program to help people achieve self-sufficiency. ...more

February 25, 2009

Key moments in Cuba's past 50 years: ...more

December 20, 2008

Help Teens In Need For Christmas Our program believes in fulfilling teens in Hernando County "deemed in need" by referring agencies. ...more

December 20, 2008

If huge loans to U.S. automakers would save the domestic part of the industry and help the nation more quickly pull out of the recession, it would be well worth supporting. ...more

December 12, 2008

Deeper In Debt Regarding "Fed Runs To Rescue Of AIG" (front page, Sept. 17): ...more

September 20, 2008

The leadership of Hillsborough Community College has shown an appalling lack of due diligence in dealing with a developer who exaggerated and fabricated his credentials and accomplishments to win a lucrative contract to build a hotel-and-clinic complex on 50 acres of prime campus real estate. ...more

August 23, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist told state agency heads Thursday that he wants construction projects sped up so more money can be pumped into the sluggish state economy. ...more

August 15, 2008