A Tampa Bay area lawmaker has filed legislation that could stall or even stop Florida from sealing its historic deal with U.S. Sugar to purchase the Everglades for restoration. ...more

February 18, 2009

A Tampa-Bay lawmaker has filed legislation that could stall or even stop Florida from sealing its historic deal with U.S. Sugar to purchase the Everglades for restoration. ...more

February 17, 2009

The Avon Park City Council is sending a message to the governor - that it opposes Miami-Dade County's effort to eliminate municipalities from lawfully setting higher utility rates for customers outside the city limits. ...more

December 29, 2008

The letter to the editor by Billie E. Jewett, Sebring, seems to be right on target. We have been distraught about gasoline prices, immigration, outsourcing of American manufacturing and jobs, and perplexed about how this has happened. ...more

June 12, 2008

Nothing clarifies an issue like $57 billion. And when an individual worth that kind of money gets up on a soapbox, as Warren Buffett did, and tells Congress that he and his fellow net worth individuals enjoy a lower tax rate than their company receptionists, a national debate ensues. The watercooler buzz has yet to die down. ...more

January 14, 2008