Florida's lawmakers are once again scrambling to shore up the state budget in the face of a slumping economy. It's human nature to deal with the here and now. But what's needed - and desperately so - is a plan for the long haul, not just the next election cycle. ...more

November 20, 2007

What do Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Fidel Castro and four current Hillsborough County commissioners have in common? ...more

October 26, 2007

Two years ago, with Florida awash in tax dollars generated by a sizzling housing market, a nonpartisan public policy group forecast that when housing growth inevitably declined, the drop in tax revenue would mean the state would struggle to provide adequate services to its residents. ...more

September 30, 2007

Abstinence Surest Policy Regarding the letter to the editor from a USF student (Sept. 20) who thinks that it's unfair that the cost of contraceptives at her school doubled, making her and other students have to 'make some tough choices about how or whether we they can afford contraception:' ...more

September 22, 2007

Gov. Charlie Crist wants to 're-fire' the state's cooling economy by spending down state reserves and trust funds. ...more

September 13, 2007