With all the talk about the stimulus creating jobs, one might be tempted to think things are getting better. ...more

November 5, 2009

Our troops and their generals have to contend with our president and many in Congress who have deliberately diverted billions of dollars from the defense budget. Critical funds for our defense have been siphoned off for President Obama's government stimulus packages, bailout programs and many pork-barrel projects. ...more

November 4, 2009

Sebring Public Works Director Rob Miller said Thursday that he's looking for money for some road work to compliment the Streetscape IX project planned by the Community Redevelopment Agency around the Circle. ...more

November 1, 2009

A Colorado company said it created 4,231 jobs with the help of President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan. The real number: fewer than 1,000. ...more

October 29, 2009

For the last two years, the economic downturn held up the expansion of U.S. 27 from Lake Isis Avenue to the Polk County line. But stimulus money going to the Department of Transportation has brought it back, and the city of Avon Park is looking at an unexpected $190,000 tab. ...more

October 29, 2009

For the second time in a year, county commissioners tabled plans to build a new $18.6 million judicial center, opting to wait until the economy improves. ...more

October 28, 2009

The greenback is as synonymous with the United States as apple pie and Chevrolet. ...more

October 24, 2009

Hillsborough County's Head Start and Early Head Start got a jolt of federal stimulus money with a whopping $11.7 million grant over two years. ...more

October 23, 2009

Hillsborough County's Head Start and Early Head Start got a jolt of federal stimulus money with a whopping $11.7 million grant over two years. ...more

October 21, 2009

Stimulating question Can anyone tell me, in truthful and factual numbers, a piece of information about the human impact of stimulus money in Hernando County? ...more

October 17, 2009