Barbara Stewart, chairwoman of the Highlands County commissioners, said she will ask her four fellow commissioners to endorse a proposed doubling of the $1.50 fee on license plate renewals that funds the Transportation Disadvantaged program. ...more

January 6, 2009

A dear friend became an American citizen recently. ...more

November 29, 2008

OUR OPINION ...more

October 26, 2008

Bob Germaine, 57, said if he's elected, he won't be a one-term clerk. He's been working in the office for 36 years and is Luke Brooker's chief deputy on the criminal courts side. ...more

October 12, 2008

The City of Sebring has chosen the right way to impose its proposed fire assessments. Make groups of property owners pay proportionally to the fire calls they make, and don't exempt anyone. After the City of Avon Park's harrowing experience to make groups –– initially exempted –– pay their share of the assessment, Sebring has decided that exempting anyone, and later asking for their money, is a bad idea. That's a good policy in making taxation as fair as possible. Fires do not discriminate, be it a church building, a government office or a home, or a vacant lot. And there's no reason why some property owners should be discriminated against when paying this proposed assessment. ...more

May 12, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - River Ridge High School's cafeteria looked more like a truck stop lounge Saturday as more than 100 local truckers gathered to brainstorm about rising diesel prices. ...more

May 10, 2008

The negotiation with proposed Highlands County administrator Michael Wright demonstrates again just how lucky Floridians are to have a government that operates in the sunshine. The process to hire a county administrator has been transparent from the start and continues to be open to anyone wanting to be part of the process. ...more

May 9, 2008

Hillsborough County recently reduced the number of employees and the workload at its Plant City building services permitting office. ...more

May 3, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. Two bail bondsman involved in a confrontation last week at the Pasco Tax Collector's Office in which the man they were trying to apprehend brandished a pistol are facing criminal charges. ...more

January 16, 2008

Hernando County Commissioner Rose Rocco is calling for a review of county disciplinary procedures. ...more

January 8, 2008