Times are quite a bit different today than they were in February when President Barack Obama was in Fort Myers campaigning for the passage of the $787 billion "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act." ...more

November 22, 2009

Hernando and the two other counties in Congressional District 5, could see some 9,600 jobs from President Barack Obama's stimulus plan, signed into law this week. ...more

February 19, 2009

The U.S. Census Bureau is gearing up for the 2010 Census and it needs help to ensure everyone is counted. ...more

November 30, 2008

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