LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School Board has given tentative approval to a $1.2 billion budget for 2008-09, a spending plan for schools that represents a drop of more than 7 percent from the current fiscal year. ...more

July 31, 2008

Some people in Sarasota are upset that the state Legislature changed the name of a John Ringling Causeway bridge. ...more

July 30, 2008

The old lever machines are long gone. We all know what happened with the punch cards and hanging chads. And now the touch-screen machines are relics, too. ...more

July 21, 2008

Customer Wasn't Right Regarding " 'The Potatoes Had The Thickest Skin' " (Our Opinion, July 7): ...more

July 14, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY — Children, uncleared felons, British vacationers and just about anybody else will be able to vote today in what will be an unusual election, even by Florida standards. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA - Nothing free lasts forever, even hurricane inspections. My Safe Florida Home officials are urging residents who want a free inspection to act now, as the program is rapidly closing on its goal of 400,000 inspections statewide. ...more

July 3, 2008

There are 12 portable classrooms at Zephyrhills High School, and there should be three more by next school year, Principal Gerri Painter says. ...more

June 25, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - A state lawmaker whose house burned down early this morning is returning with his wife and children from vacation in Virginia to assess the damage. ...more

June 4, 2008

These are painful times for local governments. State-mandated spending restrictions and a voter-approved amendment limiting property taxes are forcing budget cuts and a reordering of priorities. ...more

June 1, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - Red light cameras could soon be coming to local intersections. ...more

May 27, 2008