For much of the past two decades, Americans have watched in frustration as presidents and members of Congress have repeatedly achieved deadlock rather than consensus on issues that are critical to our nation. The results of this partisan traffic jam are frightening. For example: ...more

February 3, 2008

For years, the Pasco County school district has struggled to keep pace with the county's rapid residential growth, as well as to convince county government that it is a taxing entity responsible for building new schools to accommodate that growing population - and not a developer. ...more

January 20, 2008

Bishop McLaughlin's girls soccer team fell 3-2 to Cambridge in the district semifinals to end its season. But the season was not without its high points for the Hurricanes (10-3-1), as the team set a school record as the first girls team to reach double-digit victories. ...more

January 17, 2008

The fight between the city council and mayor over proposed layoffs grew markedly more contentious Thursday during a day that included sign-wielding protesters outside City Hall and threats from some council members that they will refuse to approve contracts to privatize certain city services. ...more

December 21, 2007

Engineers will seek to construct a compromise on who pays for road improvements around newly built schools, Pasco county and School District officials decided today. ...more

December 11, 2007

SEBRING — Sebring coach Steve Ashley said the driving rain that soaked Firemen's Field in the first half of the Blue Streak girls soccer team's meeting with Palmetto on Thursday night didn't have much of an effect on the game. Junior Molly Blackman, on the other hand, gleefully disagreed. "It made it a lot more fun," Blackman said. "I think everyone enjoyed it." ...more

December 1, 2007

Councilman John Dingfelder is asking the city administration to provide more information about impending city layoffs. ...more

November 30, 2007

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met leaders of her opposition party for the first time in three years Friday and told them she was optimistic that a two-decade-long stalemate with the Myanmar government might be thawing, her spokesman said. ...more

November 10, 2007

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