With a property tax-cut plan due to appear on the ballot in a little more than a month, state Sen. Ronda Storms stopped by Riverview to discuss the proposal. ...more

December 12, 2007

With President Vladimir V. Putin's opponents persistently hobbled by the Kremlin, his party on Sunday swept to the kind of landslide long predicted for the parliamentary elections. ...more

December 3, 2007

Russia began voting today in a parliamentary election in which the only question is whether President Vladimir Putin's party will win merely a strong majority of seats or a gargantuan, crushing share. ...more

December 2, 2007

The Tampa Bay Rays' vision of the future represents an exciting escape from the cavernous confines of the domed Tropicana Field, ringed by barren parking lots and separated from the revived urban bustle of downtown St. Petersburg. ...more

November 29, 2007

The Tampa Bay Rays' vision of the future represents an exciting escape from the cavernous confines of the domed Tropicana Field, ringed by barren parking lots and separated from the revived urban bustle of downtown St. Petersburg. ...more

November 28, 2007

If everything goes as planned, there will be a referendum on the ballot next November in which St. Petersburg residents will decide whether to allow the Rays to build a new stadium on the downtown waterfront. ...more

November 28, 2007

Patrick Carroll of New Port Richey muses on property tax rate decrease -- or lack thereof. ...more

November 14, 2007

Does Dunedin really needed to change the way it selects City Commission candidates. ...more

October 31, 2007

It's not often the anniversary of a tax is worth celebrating, but Hillsborough's ELAPP program is a rare exception. ...more

October 15, 2007

The city council Tuesday approved a slight reduction in the city's property tax rate and its budget for 2007-08. ...more

September 22, 2007