Pasco Republicans and Democrats are butting heads over President Barack Obama's plan for stimulating the economy. Many members of the Spirit of '76 Republican Club recently dressed the part of Revolutionary War-era Americans and held a Tea Party protest against the stimulus package. The GOP has held similar protests in other parts of the nation in recent weeks. ...more

April 1, 2009

Blame Bush Between your editorials and letters to the editor, a lot of people have been complaining about these United States becoming a socialist state and it being President Barack Obama's fault. ...more

April 1, 2009

So he blew up your brackets. Get over it and root for Tom Izzo, anyway. His Michigan State Spartans are the only ones coming to the Final Four bearing gifts. A stimulus package, you might even say. ...more

March 31, 2009

Sydel LeGrande watched the businesses along Nebraska Avenue shut down after the Tampa Housing Authority moved more than 1,300 people out of Central Park Village. ...more

March 27, 2009

Both President Obama and Treasury Secretary Geithner say they take full responsibility for the AIG debacle although neither says what he has done wrong or what he would do to correct it. This may be a good sound bite but is meaningless. Actions speak louder than words. ...more

March 27, 2009

Sydel LeGrande watched the businesses along Nebraska Avenue shut down after the Tampa Housing Authority moved more than 1,300 people out of Central Park Village. ...more

March 26, 2009

Dame Edna Everage says she's bringing her own stimulus package to town. "I am bringing laughs with a capitol 'L' to all my little possums in this time of need," she noted in a telephone interview. "In these hard economic times, if we can't laugh, what can we do?" ...more

March 26, 2009

The White House sought today to stress the positive in a looming fight with Congress over a $3.6 trillion budget, saying blueprints put forth by Democratic allies in both chambers hew closely to President Barack Obama's priorities. ...more

March 25, 2009

People who got digital TV converter box coupons but let them expire now can apply for new ones. ...more

March 25, 2009

In a surprise phone call this week, Uncle Sam remembered and made good on a grant pledge made three years ago to Highlands County. ...more

March 25, 2009