President Barack Obama today will outline his intention to send an additional 34,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, say U.S. officials and diplomats briefed Monday as Obama began informing allies of his plan. ...more

December 1, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) —Businesses would not be required to provide health insurance under legislation being readied for Senate debate, but large firms would owe significant penalties if any worker needed government subsidies to buy coverage on their own, according to Democratic officials familiar with talks on the bill. ...more

October 25, 2009

Hillsborough County is one of five finalists in an effort by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to figure out what qualities make the best teachers and how to measure those qualities in the classroom. ...more

August 20, 2009

It seemed silly for longtime rivals Durant and Plant City to not be able to play in the same football district. ...more

January 28, 2009

The city plans to resume all Community Redevelopment Agency activity after a state official answered questions and reassured staff and council about its CRA procedures. ...more

January 27, 2009

Florida lawmakers made some of the final decisions Saturday on cutting $2.4 billion from the state budget, making painful and politically controversial cuts in programs that range from preserving environmental land to providing elderly people in-home living assistance. ...more

January 11, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Financial services firm T. Rowe Price has applied for a development permit for a 95-acre site off State Road 54. ...more

December 31, 2008

With the student population in Pinellas County schools expected to plummet by 10,000 in five years, school administrators today put forth a range of cost-cutting proposals, including cutting and shortening bus routes. ...more

December 2, 2008

After consulting with Barack Obama, Democratic leaders are likely to call Congress back to work after the election in hopes of passing legislation that would include extended jobless benefits, money for food stamps and possibly a tax rebate, officials said Saturday. ...more

October 12, 2008

Troy Percival made the best argument he could under the circumstances, but his two scoreless appearances in Detroit last weekend were too little, too late. ...more

October 2, 2008