In a decade handling evictions for the Miami-Dade County Police Department, Albert Fernandez has run across a middle-class father bankrupted by his daughter's cancer treatment, an old woman scammed by a gambling husband, and countless families perpetually on the edge of poverty. ...more

June 8, 2008

DUNEDIN -- Only a decibel meter salesman might have felt enthusiastic at Tuesday night's conclusion of the city's latest noise task force meeting. ...more

May 31, 2008

Data Doesn't Matter Regarding "Secondhand Facts Drive Smoke Bans" by Joseph H. Brown (Commentary, May 18): ...more

May 25, 2008

Florida business groups want a new law allowing workers to keep guns locked in their cars to be stopped from taking effect until a legal challenge is settled. ...more

May 23, 2008

I would like to make a suggestion in order to save some money on gas for publicly funded vehicles. I think we should charge parents of the public school system children $10 per day to ride the bus to school since they, too, are "wasting gas." ...more

May 9, 2008

About 245 parents, friends and staff raised more than $65,000 for Mitchell Elementary School during its fourth annual fundraiser, "Jeans & Gems," on April 25. ...more

May 7, 2008

TAMPA - The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will unveil a new anti-terror initiative Wednesday that provides businesses with domestic security information to protect assets. ...more

May 6, 2008

Warren Buffett tried to reassure his shareholders Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway will be fine once he is gone, but the 77-year-old billionaire offered few new details of the company's succession plan. ...more

May 4, 2008

Consultants hired to create a new image for Brandon have discovered what residents have known for decades - Brandon is a great place to raise a family. ...more

May 3, 2008

The annual 2008 Plant City Community Expo will be bigger and better than ever, chamber President Marion Smith said. ...more

May 3, 2008