Pasco County School Board member Kathryn Starkey has announced her candidacy for the Florida House of Representatives seat that will be vacated in 2010 when term limits keep state Rep. Tom Anderson from running again. ...more

February 5, 2009

"Lost River," by David Fulmer (Houghton Mifflin, $25) ...more

January 18, 2009

Lawmakers serving west Pasco County are gearing up for a special session of the Florida Legislature next week to work on the state's budget deficit of more than $2.3 billion. ...more

January 3, 2009

State lawmakers from West Pasco are gearing up for a special session of the Florida Legislature next week to make up a budget deficit of more than $2.3 billion. ...more

January 3, 2009

Florida stands to save more than $100 million a year with competitive bidding and other changes in the way it awards contracts, two state lawmakers from the area say. State Rep. Tom Anderson, R-Dunedin, and state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, recently filed legislation to establish an advisory committee to evaluate the state procurement and contracting process. ...more

December 31, 2008

Josephine Kendzior of New Port Richey thanks state Rep. Tom Anderson and secretary Evelynn Haas from help during "my crises." ...more

October 18, 2008

Kate Voegele performed at South by Southwest and Farm Aid even before becoming the first artist to sign with MySpace's record label. She has a recurring role in the television drama "One Tree Hill" and is on tour supporting her debut album, "Don't Look Away." ...more

August 28, 2008

A pair of Florida state representatives noticed that Amber Alerts help find missing kids and wanted to in turn aid missing senior citizens. ...more

August 2, 2008

DUNEDIN – Dunedin economic development staff can breathe a sigh of relief now that Gov. Charlie Crist has signed the state budget for fiscal 2009 with a $1.3 million appropriation for the city's planned Gateway redevelopment project intact. ...more

June 12, 2008

When Lowe's Fernandez Racing hits the circuit at Sebring International Raceway today, it will enter the second phase of its American Le Mans Series venture. A brand new Acura chassis, the next-generation ARX-01b, will be on display as the team prepares for its second appearance in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. The work will continue through Wednesday at the American Le Mans Series' fourth annual Winter Test at Sebring. "We took delivery on December 28th," said Tom Anderson, co-owner with Adrian Fernandez. "We are quite excited about the changes that have been made between last year's 01a-specification ARX versus the 01b which we received. The computer numbers look very impressive and hopefully this will translate to the quicker estimated lap times that the computer shows. We are really looking forward to getting to Sebring and our first on-track adventure with it." Fernandez and Luis Diaz finished second in LMP2 and third overall in the team's Acura-powered Lola in the 2007 race at Sebring. Lowe's Fernandez served as the engine development team for Acura last year, and the 3.4-liter V8 never suffered from a reliability standpoint. ...more

January 28, 2008