Mike Furlong was a decorated war veteran who commanded psycological operations before becoming a key military adviser. ...more

March 16, 2010

The president of a St. Petersburg company named in a newspaper story about private contractors carrying out military functions in Afghanistan said International Media Ventures is an information firm that does not perform military duties. ...more

March 16, 2010

The recent cold snap that resulted in more than a week of below-freezing temperatures took a toll on Tampa's aging infrastructure, and its finances. ...more

February 8, 2010

The recent cold snap that resulted in more than a week of below-freezing temperatures took a toll on Tampa's aging infrastructure - and its finances. ...more

February 8, 2010

A new state report shows that number of uninspected elevators is on the rise and that state regulators continue to discover violations missed by private inspectors. ...more

November 2, 2009

A small infusion of federal cash is on its way to cut back the risk of wildfires in the county and provide some jobs. ...more

March 22, 2009

So much for privatizing the federal government. ...more

March 7, 2009

The Internal Revenue Service is eliminating a program that uses private debt collectors to go after tax delinquents, the agency announced Thursday evening. ...more

March 5, 2009

Highlands County government and school officials are hoping to obtain federal stimulus dollars, but are still uncertain over how much funding will be available and what it can be used for. ...more

February 19, 2009

Mr. Dettwiller, your conservative desires are understandable but what do they have to do with what actually happened over the last eight years? Where did they play in when Bush suspended habeas corpus (protection from unlawful detention) and used the Patriot Act to trample citizen's rights? ...more

January 28, 2009