The Highlands County commissioners agreed Tuesday to discuss using the federal E-Verify system to check the legal employment status of county employees and people working for companies with a county contract. ...more

October 20, 2008

Two Tampa men pretended to be law enforcement agents in recent days, police and deputies say. ...more

October 6, 2008

The House on Friday passed a plan by Democrats to pump $61 billion in government spending into the economy through public works projects, help for the jobless and money for states struggling with their Medicaid bills. ...more

September 27, 2008

Be scared. Be very, very scared. Congress, sign on the dotted line quickly before the world ends. I've seen this movie before and if "Bush-Cheney: The Sequel" goes the way of the original, we're in trouble. ...more

September 26, 2008

Industrial manufacturer Honeywell said Tuesday that it has developed a new nitrogen-based fertilizer that is difficult to ignite - a discovery that could reduce criminals' ability to make explosives used in major terrorist attacks such as the Oklahoma City bombing. ...more

September 24, 2008

I itch. As I write this, I am trying mightily to keep from removing my fingers from the keyboard and raking them across the ugly, raised red patch on my shin. Or the one ringing my wrist. Or the one spread across my forearm. Or the one slightly north of my pinkie toe. Or the one shaped like a chain of Caribbean islands two inches from my belly button. ...more

July 27, 2008

POSTVILLE, Iowa - An immigration raid that arrested nearly 400 people in northeastern Iowa scarred a small town and tore families apart, residents said Saturday. ...more

July 26, 2008

Georgia Pacific's paper mill in Palatka is joining two Orlando theme parks that claim they are exempt from a new state law allowing employees to keep guns in their cars at work. ...more

July 15, 2008

Richard J. Bruno of Hudson says thank goodnees, he was only dreaming. ...more

July 12, 2008

DUNEDIN -- Fire Department officials told city commissioners Thursday the city has an opportunity to acquire a $453,750 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to build an emergency operations and training center. Commission unanimously approved seeking the grant. ...more

July 11, 2008