Ten hours a day, every day, Elizabeth Feudale-Bowes confines herself to a steel-and-porcelain shed outside her house. The place is as austere as a prison cell - but it's also her sanctuary from an outside world that she says makes her violently ill. ...more

October 21, 2008

Two weeks ago, real estate agent Steve Fruit was examining the value of a Lake Placid house for the owners, who are thinking of selling. For tax purposes, the Highlands County Property Appraiser had valued the property at $254,769. ...more

October 19, 2008

The people behind the 2000 referendum on amending the Florida constitution to place limits on the number of students in public school thought they had a clever way to force the Legislature to spend more money on public education. We've always thought changing the constitution is a bad way to make public policy, but eight years ago voters approved the class size limits. ...more

October 15, 2008

Zane Thomas, running as an independent, has 25 years as a Navy officer, traveling around the world and serving in both diplomatic and combat roles. ...more

October 12, 2008

The attorney for two bikini bars in Hillsborough County has asked a federal appeals court to rehear arguments that a county law restricting such businesses is unconstitutional. ...more

October 10, 2008

There could be a use for a former church building the city of New Port Richey bought during the brief period of optimism about downtown redevelopment. ...more

October 8, 2008

The public is seething about the bill the U.S. House must pass today, and the anger is justified. ...more

October 3, 2008

Florida will get more federal money than any other state to buy abandoned, foreclosed homes as part of the Bush administration's foreclosure relief plan developed this year. ...more

September 27, 2008

Florida will get more federal money than any other state to buy up abandoned, foreclosed homes as part of the Bush administration's foreclosure relief plan developed this year. ...more

September 26, 2008

Opponents of a proposed landfill outside Dade City told DEP officials Tuesday night that the project would be bad for the area. ...more

September 24, 2008