Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden stoked a crowd of supporters in a Sarasota high school gymnasium today with scornful criticism of the Bush administration and pledges that he and running mate Barack Obama will reverse the policies that have financially drained the American middle class. ...more

September 3, 2008

Alabama's largest county appears headed for the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, a $3.2 billion mess created by the nation's credit crunch and a colossal, corruption-riddled sewer project. ...more

August 16, 2008

PLANS TO STOP WASTEFUL SPENDING ...more

August 11, 2008

Two schools of thought seem to prevail among conservative Republicans unhappy with the prospect of voting for John McCain. ...more

July 29, 2008

After a marathon session that lasted through the night, Argentina's lower house of Congress on Saturday narrowly approved agricultural export tax increases that the government imposed four months ago. ...more

July 6, 2008

The Tampa Bay area's new regional transportation board kicked off the search for a day-to-day leader Friday. ...more

June 28, 2008

Reports of rising inflation and weak gains in wages kept the paycheck struggles of Americans at the center of the presidential campaign Friday. ...more

June 14, 2008

There is no doubt that Florida's property tax system needs to be reformed. This current inequitable system, coupled with rapidly increasing local government spending, has produced tremendous tax increases for many taxpayers. Unfortunately, these are not the taxpayers that Amendment One would help. The Legislature's need to pass something "people will vote for," coupled with a sincere desire to help Floridians who cannot afford to move because of higher taxes, resulted in a proposal that is not only unsatisfactory but also likely to be detrimental. Not to mention that one of the provisions may be unconstitutional. ...more

January 27, 2008

An idea gaining support in a tax-reform panel would cut all property taxes in Hillsborough County by more than 20 percent. ...more

January 20, 2008

Democrats running Congress for the first time in more than a decade faltered at key points this year as they grudgingly passed important bills opposed by many, or most, of their House members. When Republicans were in charge, they generally avoided a similar fate. ...more

December 22, 2007