As countries around the world celebrate International Women's Day, the hunt is on in the U.S. Senate for 67 senators willing to vote for a global women's rights treaty. ...more

March 8, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Teachers and other schools employees in Pasco County finally have a contract, but the union that represents them doesn't consider the results anything to brag about. ...more

February 4, 2009

Teachers and other schools employees in Pasco County finally have a contract, but the union that represents them doesn't consider the results anything to brag about. Frank Roder, a vice president with United School Employees of Pasco, told the school board today that this was "one of the worst contracts" ever ratified by the employees. Under the agreement, the employees don't get raises this year or even the usual automatic step increases in pay that are awarded based on years of service and, in the case of teachers, education level. ...more

February 3, 2009

The Iraqi Parliament ratified a long-delayed security agreement on Thursday that lays out a three-year timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. ...more

November 28, 2008

Residents complained they did not know about any union negotiation meetings that took place last summer. ...more

October 10, 2008

Residents complained they did not know about any union negotiation meetings that took place last summer. ...more

October 10, 2008

Few observers of Florida's gambling mess are surprised that it has come to this puzzling point. ...more

July 8, 2008

Baseball players approved a toughened drug agreement Friday - the last possible day for ratification. ...more

May 24, 2008

If John R. Koza gets his way, American voters never again will have to wonder about the workings of the Electoral College and why it decides who sits in the White House. ...more

February 16, 2008

UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, reported Wednesday that it swung to a hefty loss in the fourth quarter because of a $6.1 billion payment to shift 45,000 of its employees from one pension plan to another. ...more

January 31, 2008