After enduring criticism that they've been waiting too long, Gov. Charlie Crist and Education Commissioner Eric J. Smith now have formally applied for the state's share of the federal stimulus money for public schools. ...more

April 28, 2009

hour and a half ago: •Demand that Iran allow U.N. goat inspectors full access to its goat-cloning program. ...more

April 26, 2009

Joseph Dionne, director of Highlands County Veterans Services, said Thursday the claim by the Highlands County Builders Association that no local subcontractors are working on the new Veterans Services building is wrong. ...more

April 24, 2009

A modern-day Tea Party protest overtook downtown Tampa on Wednesday. No one spilled crates of Earl Grey into the already tea-colored bay, but there were a lot of American flags wrapped around shoulders and a few "Don't Tread On Me" flags flying in the breeze. The rally bemoaned the recent federal stimulus packages that bailed out bankers, investors and big-money industrialists. ...more

April 16, 2009

The federal government has awarded St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport $5.35 million in airport improvement federal stimulus funding. ...more

April 9, 2009

The federal government released $72 million in stimulus money for local schools today, but officials still aren't sure whether Florida will qualify for all the money it could receive under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. ...more

April 2, 2009

The federal government released $72 million in stimulus money for local schools today, but officials still aren't sure whether Florida will qualify for all the money it could receive under the Recovery Act. ...more

April 1, 2009

When (oh when!) will the people and government of the United States learn the basic facts of personal and national economic life? ...more

March 30, 2009

In a gruesome budget year, who's first in line for the few spare dollars available - Florida's schoolchildren or its poorest and frailest residents? ...more

March 27, 2009

Sydel LeGrande watched the businesses along Nebraska Avenue shut down after the Tampa Housing Authority moved more than 1,300 people out of Central Park Village. ...more

March 26, 2009