Florida's legislature should be congratulated for setting the financial groundwork for a new and improved Florida. ...more

June 3, 2009

Scott Fisher of Palm Harbor wants Pinellas County to stop diverting tax money from the portion of the budget that is spent in unincorporated areas. ...more

February 28, 2009

After public comment against it, the Sebring City Council voted to ease into a fire assessment implementing it at the 1 percent level. ...more

August 30, 2008

Hundreds of auto accidents happen here every year, and city officials say most of them are caused by motorists from somewhere else. ...more

July 26, 2008

An open-ended proposal to cut property taxes and raise other revenue had both supporters and detractors struggling this week to predict how the measure would affect the Floridians who vote on it in November. ...more

July 24, 2008

TALLAHASSEE An open-ended proposal to cut property taxes and raise other revenues had both supporters and detractors struggling this week to predict how the measure would affect the Floridians who vote on it in November. ...more

July 23, 2008

Besides location, the biggest question about luring the Boston Red Sox back to Sarasota is whether a pair of cash-strapped governments can raise the money to pay for a stadium project estimated to cost at least $80 million. ...more

July 21, 2008

Florida's revenue for May came in $123.1 million below estimates, with plummeting sales and corporate income tax accounting for most of the shortfall. ...more

June 24, 2008

Republican Sen. John McCain on Tuesday called for a summer-long suspension of the federal gasoline tax and several tax cuts as the likely presidential nominee sought to stem the public's pain from a troubled economy. ...more

April 16, 2008

Almost every day, the sounds of screeching tires and crunching metal can be heard near the traffic-choked crossroads of U.S. 19 and Ridge Road. ...more

February 26, 2008