It's a safe bet that Highlands County commissioners expected to make enough off scuba divers at Lake Denton to at least pay for the attendant who takes those $25 per day fees. That's not happening by a mile, and it shows the flaw in the county's strategy. ...more

August 8, 2008

SALARY PROJECTIONS Tampa Bay harbor pilots have proposed a 27 percent rate increase in the next three years in an attempt to restore their average net income to its level before the recent economic downturn. Years 2008 and following are projections. ...more

August 7, 2008

House Democrats pushed through legislation Thursday that would give women new tools to combat pay discrimination. ...more

August 1, 2008

Two months after trimming its budget by $47 million and laying off faculty members and more than 100 staffers, the University of Florida is giving out raises. ...more

July 26, 2008

Officers Live Nearby Regarding "City Should Require Police Officers To Buy Gas For Long Commutes" (Our Opinion, July 17): ...more

July 22, 2008

The Social Security Administration unveiled a new online calculator on its Web site to help people nearing retirement estimate their Social Security benefits. ...more

July 22, 2008

Voluntary Presidency? I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I'm not the dumbest either, I hope! ...more

July 3, 2008

SEBRING — Creating a smaller budget, due to reduced state funding, should not be done by eliminating teaching positions, School Board of Highlands County members said Tuesday. To provide time for more discussion, the board discussed tabling the reappointment roster – the listing of teachers and administrators who will have jobs with the district in 2008-09. But with the contract year ending June 30 and the next scheduled school board meeting on July 8, that would have left a gap where employees would not have a job. ...more

June 25, 2008

Caroll Spinney's slim but charming book, "The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch): Lessons from a Life in Feathers," published in 2003, is full of career advice even non-puppeteers can put to work. ...more

June 17, 2008

It's not often that a county clerk becomes the center of attention. ...more

June 15, 2008