NEW YORK (AP) - Millions of workers at small businesses across the country will take time next Tuesday to watch Barack Obama be sworn in as president - and will do so with their bosses' blessings. ...more

January 18, 2009

The Legislature this week cut spending by roughly $2.8 billion to bring the state budget in balance. Then Gov. Charlie Crist threatened to veto the portion of the spending-cut plan that would take money from public education. We have a much better target for him if the governor is looking to wield his veto pen. ...more

January 17, 2009

An ongoing conflict in Zephyrhills, Pasco County's second-largest city, provides yet another example of why local governments need to control growth and work closely with transportation officials. ...more

December 31, 2008

Office Depot Inc. will close about 9 percent of its North American stores and cut 2,200 jobs during the next three months while planning to open fewer locations next year in an effort to cut costs. ...more

December 11, 2008

City residents and business owners are divided over a state plan to make Gall Boulevard a one-way street. ...more

December 4, 2008

As a small business owner in Highlands County and an advertiser in Highlands Today, I was saddened by the way in which your paper has taken aim at a small business owner in this county. Small businesses are closing at an unprecedented rate all over the country, why is the Highlands Today making this unfortunate mistake front-page news? ...more

November 28, 2008

The St. Petersburg City Council is scheduled to vote Friday on whether to annex 18 acres of the island of Tierra Verde. ...more

November 20, 2008

•WHERE: Toledo, Ohio •MESSAGE: He said he is the guardian of middle-class workers and small-business owners who fuel the economy. He also said the automated calls he is making in battleground states attacking Sen. Barack Obama are "legitimate and truthful." ...more

October 20, 2008

•WHERE: Tacoma, Wash. •MESSAGE: A Barack Obama administration would help the middle class by cutting its taxes, answering Republican claims that Obama's plan represented redistribution of wealth. He repeatedly linked McCain to President Bush's tax policies, saying that the wealthy and big corporations have received millions of dollars in tax cuts that could have gone to the middle class and small businesses. ...more

October 20, 2008

Barbara LeBoeuf of New Port Richey is desperate for a new direction after decade of Republic rule. ...more

October 18, 2008