County officials are preparing their objections to federal proposals for a cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions some view as a new tax that could raise electric bills. ...more

March 24, 2009

OUR OPINION ...more

November 2, 2008

Proposing an amendment to the state Constitution to delete provisions authorizing the Legislature to regulate or prohibit the ownership, inheritance, disposition and real property by aliens ineligible for citizenship. ...more

October 12, 2008

The son of retired Lt. Col. Peter W. and Geraldine "Jerri" Garretson of Sun City Center and the grandson of Marion Kundiger of Kings Point was recently presented the 2008 Space Pioneer Award for Space Development. ...more

July 12, 2008

When was the last time the U.S. Congress and any president passed major laws that truly helped the American people? It wasn't tax cuts for wealthy people, nor was it the prescription drug law that was a boon to pharmaceutical companies who bought, paid for and even wrote the legislation. No, not much has happened since the Civil Rights movement that was fundamentally right for the people. ...more

December 6, 2007