The state is reporting that a greater percentage of Florida third-graders are reading and performing mathematics at or above grade level compared with last year, according to the 2008 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. ...more

May 21, 2008

Overall, Hernando County's fourth-, eighth- and tenth-graders did about as well as the state average on the writing portion of this year's annual Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. ...more

May 9, 2008

FIRST BATCH OF SCORES RELEASED TO SCHOOLS THURSDAY FCAT SCORES ...more

May 8, 2008

When things go well, they say, you're supposed to act like you've been there before. That's all well and good for the Red Sox and Yankees, who have, in fact, been there before. ...more

May 2, 2008

"Just Do It," one of Nike's ad slogans, might also be something the government should use to encourage consumers to spend their expected tax rebates. ...more

February 6, 2008

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won Florida's Democratic primary Tuesday, a contest diminished by a clash between the state and national parties that left no delegates at stake and caused the candidates to mostly stay away. ...more

January 30, 2008

The $150 billion stimulus package Congress and the Bush administration unveiled Thursday meets the tests most economists prescribed for the ailing economy: It is targeted, temporary and (relatively) timely. ...more

January 25, 2008

TALLAHASSEE — Highlands County's unemployment rate dropped slightly in December, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. The percentage of unemployed was 4.9 last month. It was 5.1 percent in November of last year. Highlands' rate in December 2006 was 3 percent. Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in December 2007, representing 441,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,312,000. Florida's unemployment rate was up by 0.4 percentage point over the month and up by 1.4 percentage points over the year. ...more

January 20, 2008

It's halftime. What's the score? Last week, I turned 45. (Don't feel bad; only my mother ever remembers.) By my reckoning, that puts me halfway through my working career and, hence, halfway to retirement. ...more

January 6, 2008

Housing construction fell in November with single-family activity dropping to the lowest level in more than 16 years. Analysts said the recession in housing showed no signs of a turnaround. ...more

December 19, 2007