Vaping and e-cigarettes once had a reputation as healthier alternatives to cigarettes, but the overwhelming evidence indicates that rosy sales pitch was inaccurate.
OUR POSITION: Give Charlotte County School Board and administration members credit. They kept their word on how they would spend the tax revenue.
OUR POSITION: A combination of tax increases leads to a hefty overall hike in North Port.
OUR POSITION: Habitat for Humanity, volunteers and local builders are once again exhibiting the unique dedication to helping others our community is known for.
OUR POSITION: Cheney Brothers’ request of a tax break to allow expansion of their Punta Gorda distribution center is more than reasonable.
Here’s why Florida should ratify the Equal Rights Amendment:
OUR POSITION: News that Private Equity Group sold most of its interest in Murdock Village to another company is not bad news. It’s just news.
OUR POSITION: Was your house in order pre-hurricane?
Here’s a question for opponents of the Hillsborough County’s All For Transportation initiative. If their push to overturn the sales tax is successful, what is their plan to alleviate the county’s choking traffic?
It has been 18 years since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Nearly two decades since hijacked airliners were flown into the Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pa., thanks to the heroic efforts of passengers who had become aware of …
The death toll in the Bahamas from Hurricane Dorian passed 50 Monday and it is expected to climb much, much higher. The financial cost to the islands will be $2 billion, $4 billion, up to as much as $7 billion, depending on estimates.
OUR POSITION: Sarasota school officials are taken to task, appropriately, for questionable action.
OUR POSITION: If Charlotte County taxpayers vote to extend the penny sales tax in 2020 they will have had a say in how the money is spent.
OUR POSITION: Essential first response equipment: antidotes for opioid overdoses.
OUR POSITION: Perhaps a better policy could be hammered out on how to return stolen property to victims.
OUR POSITION: The Florida State League’s decision to call off their championship playoffs was hasty.
OUR POSITION: Was your house in order pre-hurricane?
There are 1,953 people registered to lobby Florida’s Legislature. That’s more than 12 for each member of the House and Senate. Typical examples: The Walt Disney companies have 37, Anheuser-Busch 13, Associated Industries 20, the Florida Chamber of Commerce 25. They amplify their influence by…
OUR POSITION: The Florida Legislature has to fix Marsy’s Law.
OUR POSITION: The clear, noncontroversial alternative was to stick with status quo districts until after the census.
