There are unclaimed refunds totaling approximately $1.3 billion for those who did not file a federal income tax return for 2005, according to the Internal Revenue Service. ...more

March 8, 2009

Depressive economic times call for a moment of relief. That's what the Dunedin Showcase Theater promises in its production of "Bye Bye Birdie." The play opens Wednesday at the Dunedin Community Center. ...more

March 7, 2009

Until recently for elementary students in Highlands County public schools, no lunch money meant no hot meal for lunch. ...more

March 5, 2009

Florida's judges and popularly elected clerks of the circuit courts. ...more

March 5, 2009

A budget committee Tuesday was split on whether to continue offering a tuition reimbursement plan to government employees. ...more

March 4, 2009

The school district will hold on to 80 acres of land in Ridge Manor that could be the site of a new school. ...more

March 4, 2009

The 2009 regular session of the Florida Legislature is under way. The issue dominating the proceedings is the dwindling state government revenue stream. According to current estimates, planned spending for the state's 2010 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, will have to be cut by $5 billion. If not, there would be a budget deficit, which the state constitution bans. The Legislature could reduce the future red ink potential by asking the Florida voters to do away with the class size amendment to the state constitution they approved in 2002. Unfortunately, lawmakers may only delay class-size compliance a year and ask voters to approve a change in the way compliance is determined next year. ...more

March 4, 2009

Heated e-mails were exchanged this weekend between the critics and author of a plan designed to boost Hernando County's economy. ...more

March 4, 2009

Concerns that the economy could get worse led the Highlands County commissioners to put on hold construction of the new law enforcement building for the sheriff's office. ...more

March 3, 2009

Life is too short to spend it working at anything you're not passionate about. So why do so many Americans toil a lifetime at jobs they despise, always wishing they were somewhere else? ...more

March 1, 2009