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Area's Jobless Rate Tops 10%
With unemployment soaring, lawmakers in Tallahassee are fretting over whether to accept more than $444 million from the federal government. ...more
March 28, 2009
Fair To Look At Wage Cuts
As painful as it may be for state workers to contemplate, lawmakers are right to consider salary cuts this year. ...more
March 26, 2009
Obama Implies Rejection Of House Bonus Tax Plan
President Barack Obama wagered significant political capital Sunday as he bucked a highly popular House measure to slap a punitive 90 percent tax on bonuses to big earners at financial institutions already deeply in hock to taxpayers. ...more
March 23, 2009
More Stimulating
Tim Truitt of New Port Richey says if the federal government gave the bailout money to ordinary Americans they would end the banks' bad-debt problems. ...more
March 21, 2009
Teachers Seek Delay On Contracts
Hoping for relief from the state, the Hillsborough County teachers union asked school administrators Thursday to delay decisions that could mean lost wages or lost jobs for hundreds of veteran teachers. ...more
March 20, 2009
School Board Lobbies Legislators At Capital
In the face of state budgets cuts and a faltering economy, the School Board of Highlands County is boosting its usual annual presence at the legislative session in Tallahassee. ...more
March 20, 2009
House Passes Bill Taxing AIG, Other Bailout Bonuses
The Democratic-led House overwhelmingly approved a bill today to slap punishing taxes on big employee bonuses from AIG and other firms bailed out by taxpayers. The vote was 328-93. "We want our money back and we want our money back now for the taxpayers," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. ...more
March 19, 2009
Teachers Union Hopes For State Rescue From Lost Wages
Hoping for relief from the state, the Hillsborough County teachers union asked school administrators today to delay decisions that could mean lost wages or lost jobs for hundreds of veteran teachers. ...more
March 19, 2009
Women Need Ultrasound Before Abortion, House Panel Says
A House committee wants to require women in Florida to get an ultrasound before they can get an abortion. ...more
March 18, 2009
Outcry Continues Over AIG Bonuses
Lawmakers vowed Tuesday to all but strip AIG executives of their $165 million in bonuses as expressions of outrage swelled in Congress over eye-catching extra income for employees of a firm that has received billions in taxpayer bailout money. ...more
March 18, 2009
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