Proposed laws over electric rates could light up some debate when state lawmakers convene Tuesday for the 2009 session of the Legislature. ...more

February 28, 2009

About 180 volunteers are searching behind Wal-Marts, staking out labor pools, circling bus stations and scouring city streets today to count homeless people. ...more

February 26, 2009

The tired, the poor and the huddled masses yearning to breathe free often find the path of liberty leads to Pasco County. ...more

February 25, 2009

The final draft of the Washington Heights Neighborhood and Urban Design Plan is in, and now comes the question: Is a large-scale plan like this doable in the current economic climate? ...more

February 25, 2009

Citing worsening U.S. economic conditions, GM and Chrysler told the Obama administration Tuesday that the companies need at least an additional $14 billion in loans to survive. ...more

February 18, 2009

It's probably a good thing that cable news generally doesn't draw much of an audience from the 18- to 24-year-old demographic. Otherwise, history professors across the nation could very well be witnessing the undoing of their work to educate students about the dire economic climate the United States faced for much of the 1930s. ...more

February 15, 2009

In a memo sent to his colleagues on the board, Hernando County Commissioner Jeff Stabins expressed his displeasure with holding a workshop at a place other than county commission chambers. ...more

February 11, 2009

The global economic downturn that has touched so many areas of society now threatens romance. Valentine's Day approaches, the day when Cupid meets commerce, and even the poorest of paramours is expected to come up with a present. ...more

February 11, 2009

NBC said on the eve of Sunday's Super Bowl that it has sold the last two of the 69 advertising spots for the game, pushing total ad revenue for the event to a record $206 million. ...more

January 31, 2009

The first 70,000 tickets for the NFL's third regular-season game in London have been sold, with 20,000 bought in the first seven minutes of availability, the NFL said Tuesday. ...more

January 28, 2009