Any expectation that state and local governments would use the worst fiscal crisis since the Great Depression to reduce their biggest expenditures is proving to be wishful thinking. ...more

January 2, 2010

Only about four years ago, the state's school districts were adding portable classrooms, building new schools and classroom wings and struggling to find enough teachers to fill all those new classrooms. ...more

December 28, 2009

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that he would agree to postpone the presidential election until August, bowing to pressure from election officials and Afghanistan's international backers who do not believe that fair and safe polls can be held by spring. ...more

March 8, 2009

But one politician believes he has a unique solution: Declare St. Lucie County a disaster area as if it had been hit by, well, a hurricane. ...more

March 2, 2009

Bus riders will get a smoother ride next year thanks to millions in federal stimulus funding. ...more

February 25, 2009

Hillsborough Area Regional Transit is poised to get $15.1 million and says it will use some of the cash to buy 29 buses and refurbish 124 others. ...more

February 24, 2009

Fuel delivery to four European countries fell below normal Saturday as Russia's state gas monopoly withheld natural gas from neighboring Ukraine for the third consecutive day. ...more

January 4, 2009

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

Hillsborough County property owners may pay a little more in school taxes while the district's budget shrinks. ...more

July 19, 2008

Do you have the sneaking suspicion if Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio was playing blackjack and found himself holding a 10 of clubs and a king of hearts he would still ask the dealer to hit him with another card? ...more

July 10, 2008