SEBRING –– A special five-member interview committee will meet Dec. 20 at the Highlands County Government Annex Building to pick a replacement for former county Housing Director Penny Phillippi. The five county commissioners, who will act on the committee's recommendation, have the chance to promote from within the housing department to pick its new leader. Teresa Hofer, now the acting housing director since Phillippi's Dec. 1 departure, is one of the five candidates for the job. ...more

December 14, 2007

The Bush administration intends to slash counterterrorism funding for police, firefighters and rescue departments across the country by more than half next year, according to budget documents obtained by The Associated Press. ...more

December 1, 2007

Disabled people who rely on Pasco County's on-call paratransit service to get around will have to dig deeper to pay for rides. ...more

November 30, 2007

Sixteen months ago, a federal agency proposed slowing ships in certain East Coast waters to 10 knots or less during parts of the year to save the North Atlantic right whale, one of the world's most endangered marine mammals, from extinction. ...more

October 21, 2007

You can look at it either way. Marriages in New York City start with a $1 discount. Or, domestic partnerships are assessed a $1 tax. ...more

October 19, 2007

Pasco County hasn't had a good old Sheriff's Office budget battle in a number of years. ...more

September 10, 2007

Despite a presidential veto threat, the Senate this week may send to the president's desk a more than $20 billion federal water-projects bill authorizing tens of millions of dollars for the Tampa Bay area. ...more

September 5, 2007