CRUDE OIL SPIKES TO $138.54 PER BARREL ...more

June 8, 2008

NEW YORK - Drivers are paying an average of $4 for a gallon of gasoline for the first time. AAA and the Oil Price Information Service say the national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose to $4.005 overnight from $3.988. But consumers in many parts of the country have already been paying well above that price for some time. ...more

June 8, 2008

When Wimauma Elementary improved its school grade from a C to an A two years ago, a lot of the credit went to the school's third-graders. ...more

June 7, 2008

Investors have found plenty of reasons to be optimistic about Wal-Mart of late, as the company found the right mix of merchandise and marketing to complement its refocus on low prices at a time when Americans are seeking less expensive options. ...more

June 4, 2008

Editorial Omitted Facts Regarding "Private-School Students Deserve Chance on Public School Fields" (Our Opinion, May 12): ...more

May 19, 2008

Safety first. That's the word from the Hernando County School Board, which quickly shot down the chance to cut transportation costs by creating a one-mile limit around schools during a workshop Monday afternoon. ...more

January 29, 2008

As retailers experiment with grand ideas to help the environment and conserve energy, they have discovered a simpler and perhaps more practical solution: use less power and cut down on waste. ...more

January 27, 2008

It's understandable that environmental activists would worry that an agricultural exemption to Hillsborough County's wetlands rule will create a loophole that allows widespread abuse. ...more

January 19, 2008

Elected officials in Hernando County need to think twice about raising impact fees on the construction of single-family homes - at least anytime soon. ...more

December 31, 2007

The other day the Pinellas County School Board agreed to a student assignment plan that will steer students to schools closer to home beginning with the 2008-09 school year. As a result, the county joins hundreds of other school districts that have been freed from desegregation court orders, most of which seemed to emphasize the co-mingling of black and white students more than the quality of the education they were receiving. ...more

December 26, 2007