New rules for damaging grass flats in Florida's 2 million acres of preserves are about to be enforced. ...more

October 25, 2009

Highlands County will receive $302,000 to help the homeless. The grant comes from a $1.5 billion federal stimulus fund, said Richard Reinhardt, executive director of Highlands County Coalition for the Homeless. ...more

March 27, 2009

The 2009 legislative session will be dominated by the economy, but it's not all lawmakers will be dealing with when they begin work Tuesday. ...more

March 2, 2009

The 20 largest banks that received government rescue funds slightly reduced their lending to consumers and businesses in the last three months of 2008, the government said Tuesday. ...more

February 18, 2009

The massive economic stimulus package approved by Congress dramatically ramps up spending for a broad array of social programs for needy Americans in a way not seen since the launch of the Great Society programs. ...more

February 15, 2009

Time to get into the wheelbarrow business big time. ...more

February 14, 2009

Time to get into the wheelbarrow business big time. ...more

February 11, 2009

Florida lawmakers made some of the final decisions Saturday on cutting $2.4 billion from the state budget, making painful and politically controversial cuts in programs that range from preserving environmental land to providing elderly people in-home living assistance. ...more

January 11, 2009

Businesses across Florida are carefully watching the Legislature with the deepening cash crisis facing state government leading to the most serious talk of eliminating some tax exemptions since former President John McKay took on the tax structure eight years ago. ...more

December 21, 2008

Saying that public education cannot endure another year of budget cuts, Florida Education Association (FEA) President Andy Ford on Friday proposed a short-term increase in the state's sales tax, dedicated to all levels of public schools. ...more

October 17, 2008