Tampa As Cuban Gateway It is not a question of if the United States will allow Americans unrestricted travel to Cuba; it is a question of when the United States will grant all Americans this right. When our laws change, Tampa International Airport and the Tampa Port Authority should become the primary U.S. gateways to Cuba. We need to be ready before other cities grab this opportunity. Miami, Los Angeles and New York are the only cities in the United States that currently offer nonstop flights to Cuba. ...more

March 8, 2009

President Barack Obama's former nominee to become commerce secretary, Sen. Judd Gregg, steered taxpayer money to his home state's redevelopment of a former Air Force base even as he and his brother engaged in real estate deals there, an Associated Press investigation found. ...more

February 27, 2009

This is in reference to the article of Jan. 26. For some, and probably most people in Spring Lake, this is huge news. There are many questions on our minds, and there certainly must be others here who have them as well. Why does Spring Lake Improvement District need more water retention ponds now that the flooding of private land to the east of Spring Lake has been resolved? Who will have to pay for the golf course? Will our taxes be raised to do this? If so, how much? Is the current owner of the golf course wanting to sell the golf course? Is the course making a profit? Is the property clear and free of liens? ...more

February 3, 2009

Larry Fitzgerald has covered 28 Super Bowls as a journalist but this will be his first covering his own son. ...more

January 28, 2009

An ethics complaint was filed on Friday against Highlands County Commissioner Guy Maxcy claiming he violated state ethics laws by voting on issues relating to AtlanticBlue and Blue Head Ranch. ...more

January 25, 2009

It was a well-known complaint within Hillsborough County's Affordable Housing program. ...more

January 20, 2009

The Hernando County School District intends to seek property taxes from Brooksville Regional Hospital for the value of the building and the county-owned land on which it sits, school officials said Thursday. ...more

January 9, 2009

Florida has outgrown the concept of the casual lawmaker. If the job is to be done right, that is, as righteously as humanly practical, serving in the Legislature should be a full-time job with one boss: the public. ...more

January 4, 2009

Sebring City Attorney Mike Swaine said as of Friday his firm Swaine and Harris P.A., had dropped Southern Oaks as a client to avoid a conflict of interest with his other client, the city of Sebring, in a possible deal by Southern Oaks to sell its Hammock Road property to a hospice. ...more

December 20, 2008

For 21 years, Lex Salisbury was the future of Lowry Park Zoo. ...more

December 18, 2008