Enough is enough! My 401K is losing value by the minute. My future is anything but secure despite planning and saving. Thousands of people in Highlands County have no health insurance or access to routine health care. The food pantries in our county are out of food and people are hungry. The financial markets all over the world are unstable. The stock market is a roller coaster. All of this in the last month of a presidential election campaign. ...more

October 14, 2008

After the House reversed course and gave final approval to the $700 billion economic bailout package, President Bush quickly signed it into law Friday, authorizing the Treasury to undertake what could become the most expensive government intervention in history. ...more

October 4, 2008

Mark Caskie has a word of warning for candidates who disregard the county's ordinance on campaign sign placement. ...more

July 11, 2008

FINES RANGE FROM $100 TO $5,000 ...more

July 10, 2008

A few months ago, it looked as if illegal immigration was going to be one of the major issues of this year's presidential election campaign. ...more

May 11, 2008

With the football playoffs under way and the presidential election campaign becoming more intense, small-business owners may find that some of their staffers are a little distracted and more inclined to talk than work. ...more

January 10, 2008

To the dismay of many, religion is becoming one of the defining issues of the presidential election campaign. From the scrutiny of Mike Huckabee's views about evolution and Mitt Romney's Mormonism on the Republican side, to unseemly e-mails questioning the religious upbringing of Barack Obama among Democrats, religious faith is once again front and center in electoral politics. ...more

December 26, 2007

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said Monday that he supports a reduction in the U.S. tariff that makes Brazilian ethanol expensive for American fuel suppliers, but suggested that serious debate over the tariff is unlikely until after the 2008 U.S. presidential election. ...more

November 6, 2007

Mexico's Senate has approved broad electoral reform that would ban political parties from paying for television and radio ads and open the way for independent candidates to run for public office. ...more

September 14, 2007