The Internal Revenue Service will lower its standard-mileage-reimbursement rate on Jan. 1 to 55 cents a mile - 3.5 cents less than the current rate - in part because gasoline prices have declined, the IRS said in a written statement. ...more

November 29, 2008

The Internal Revenue Service will lower its standard-mileage-reimbursement rate on Jan. 1 to 55 cents a mile - 3.5 cents less than the current rate – in part because gasoline prices have declined, the IRS said in a news release. ...more

November 27, 2008

Even though the federal government is footing the bill, sidewalks for Gulf Highlands Elementary School might need some slight redirection, one county official argues. ...more

November 19, 2008

First came the banks looking for a federal rescue plan to stay afloat. Next it was the automakers seeking a bailout. And now state governments say they, too, need emergency federal assistance to remain solvent. ...more

November 17, 2008

It is tempting to give General Motors the emergency federal cash it says it needs to stay in business. Jobs would be saved, at least for a while. ...more

November 15, 2008

Americans' character is our greatest resource. ...more

November 13, 2008

Turns out men and women really are different at heart: New research finds that heart transplant patients have better odds of survival and a lower risk of rejection if they get organs from donors of the same sex. ...more

November 13, 2008

If you had $19.1 million to buy and redevelop foreclosed properties, how would you spend it? That's the question the Hillsborough County Commission will consider at a public hearing Thursday. ...more

November 3, 2008

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor doesn't want America to go the way of Euro-socialism. ...more

November 1, 2008

Employers nationwide have readjusted their hiring projections as economic conditions continue to worsen, and the news isn't good for local college graduates. ...more

October 26, 2008