The days of 2009 may be dwindling to a precious few, but there is still time for taxpayers to check over this year's finances and possibly save themselves some money when they file their tax returns in the spring. ...more

December 27, 2009

Aside from health-care reform, probably the most divisive issue in Washington today is the $787 billion economic stimulus program. ...more

December 12, 2009

I thought that the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) was not going to happen and that taxpayers would not be forced to fund abortions. ...more

July 30, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist says he will probably sign a bill environmentalists and growth management advocacy groups say will lead to more sprawl. ...more

May 21, 2009

Bans on using state dollars for university embryonic stem cell research and student trips to Cuba and other terrorist-linked countries will not be in Florida's budget. ...more

May 3, 2009

Newspaper and magazine subscriptions and most charter fishing trips would lose their sales tax exemptions if lawmakers pass a bill proposed by a House panel Monday. ...more

April 21, 2009

A united Florida Senate has passed a $65.6 billion state budget. ...more

April 16, 2009

The father of a young woman murdered in Tallahassee while acting as an undercover informant has pleaded for stricter guidelines for police. ...more

April 6, 2009

No one wants to see the return of the day when Florida businesses were bombarded by crippling workers' compensation claims. But reforms adopted by the Legislature in 2003, as the state Supreme Court found, went too far. ...more

March 4, 2009

Tampa International Airport could become the fourth U.S. airport to serve U.S.-Cuba charter flights under a request by U.S. Rep Kathy Castor, D-Tampa. ...more

February 28, 2009