Highlights of the $819 billion economic recovery plan drafted by House Democrats and President Barack Obama's economic team. Additional debt costs would add $347 billion over 10 years. Many provisions expire in two years. ...more

January 28, 2009

Restrictions have Effects In her editorial, "Can Common Ground Prevail?" (Dec. 27), Christina Page states restrictions have little effect on abortion rates and that fighting poverty to reduce demand for abortion is the way to go. According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, abortion rates have gone down quite a bit, from 29.3 abortions per 1,000 women in 1980 to 19.4 in 2005, the greatest decline being among teenagers. Did restrictions have little to do with this? When Minnesota passed a parental notification law, within four years the abortion rate for minors fell 27 percent, and the pregnancy rate fell 21 percent (American Journal of Public Health, May 1991). ...more

January 3, 2009

The Beth-El Farmworker Ministry gave its visitors an unconventional way of celebrating Mexican Independence Day. ...more

September 24, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS On Thursday, Community Health Centers of Pinellas will break ground on its 8,000-square-foot primary care facility. ...more

May 27, 2008

A nonprofit provider offering affordable primary medical care to the needy and those without health insurance plans to construct a treatment facility on eastern Tarpon Avenue. ...more

May 24, 2008