Help Wanted: Brave senator or senators willing to champion amendment creating fail-safe mechanism to control health care spending. ...more

December 18, 2009

The examples of comments from our elected officials show how little regard they have for our intelligence and concerns are astounding. ...more

October 31, 2009

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March 25, 2009

Florida lawmakers made some of the final decisions Saturday on cutting $2.4 billion from the state budget, making painful and politically controversial cuts in programs that range from preserving environmental land to providing elderly people in-home living assistance. ...more

January 11, 2009

North Georgia holds a little-known secret that could come in handy during the state's historic drought: A band of aging, government-built lakes that are brimming with water. ...more

February 10, 2008

A new property tax-cutting plan offered Sunday by Senate leaders is simpler, would provide less relief to some taxpayers and includes a scaled-down version of the House's assessment cap for businesses, snowbirds and landlords. ...more

October 29, 2007

House and Senate lawmakers yielded on Friday to one another's demands to support seniors and poor children by sparing an Alzheimer's center from heavy budget cuts and expanding the KidCare health insurance program. ...more

October 6, 2007

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday that he would recommend a veto of a Senate proposal that would give troops more rest between deployments in Iraq, branding it a dangerous 'backdoor way' to draw down forces. ...more

September 17, 2007