Does Dunedin really needed to change the way it selects City Commission candidates. ...more

October 31, 2007

Monica Dear remembers collecting bottles with her brother while growing up in Hudson as part of a Sunday ritual. They would turn their finds in for cash. Dear laments that children no longer have the same opportunity. "The bottle deposit law got repealed. I'd like to know why." And she probably will. ...more

October 31, 2007

Bob Butterworth recently stood before more than two dozen child welfare leaders and told them the experiment that put private agencies in charge of Florida's social services system is a success. ...more

October 29, 2007

It's sad that a recent effort to infuse more culture into Hernando County floundered. To their credit, organizers seeking to schedule concerts by the Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra are not giving up. ...more

October 26, 2007

It may come as a surprise to many people, but science standards for Florida public schools do not mention evolution. Fortunately, that's about to change. ...more

October 26, 2007

Rates for Florida's popular college savings plan are going up as much as 15 percent this year, the largest such increase since 2003. ...more

October 15, 2007

Rates for Florida's popular college savings plan are going up as much as 15 percent this year, the largest such increase since 2003. ...more

October 14, 2007

Proponents of a Division I-A playoff will get their wish the next six weeks - at least in one corner of the college football universe. ...more

October 14, 2007

An editorial questioning the need to change election rules in city of Dunedin. ...more

October 13, 2007

Tom Pelham, the secretary of the state Department of Community Affairs, said very little last week during a visit to Lakeland to hear from Polk County residents worried about how the proposed $491 million rail realignment plan might affect local communities and neighborhoods. ...more

October 3, 2007