President-elect Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he is creating a new high-level position to wring waste and inefficiencies out of government, as part of a broader push to bring more discipline to federal spending. ...more

January 8, 2009

For the first time since 1981, every living U.S. president came together at the White House on Wednesday to hash over the world's challenges over lunch with President-elect Barack Obama. "All the gentlemen here understand both the pressures and possibilities of this office," Obama said. "And for me to have the opportunity to get advice, good counsel and fellowship with these individuals is extraordinary." President George W. Bush, playing the gracious host, said: "All of us who have served in this office understand that the office transcends the individual. And we wish you all the very best. And so does the country." The get-together was Obama's idea, and Bush liked it. ...more

January 8, 2009

No one draws a crowd like President-elect Barack Obama, and more than a dozen networks are gearing up to cash in on his charisma with marathon coverage of his historic inauguration Jan. 20. ...more

January 8, 2009

Here's good news for all those universities of Southern California, Utah and Texas football fans and players unhappy with not being selected to compete for the college national football championship this season. ...more

January 7, 2009

An activist in the civil rights moment, 102-year-old Winonah Greene lives to see an African-American president. ...more

January 7, 2009

Sharon Lam of Hudson wants Congress to mandate that employers use the E-Verify system to ensure potential employees have legal immigration status. ...more

January 7, 2009

Extraordinary times require extraordinary actions, the experts say. That's why President-elect Barack Obama is pushing for tax cuts and government spending. This runs counter to how most of us think, considering that the last thing any of us would do is dig deeper in debt when debt is what's sinking us in the first place. But many people much smarter than most of us say this is necessary. ...more

January 7, 2009

"Champion of the Dream," the theme of the 23rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Arts Festival, takes on special meaning in the wake of the presidential election, organizers say. The event, hosted and organized by the Improvement League of Plant City, runs Jan. 16 to 19 and features a variety of activities, including a parade, a street festival and the popular Statewide High School Step Team Competition. ...more

January 6, 2009

Hernando County government leaders say it is difficult to speculate on how much money if any Hernando County will receive as part of President-elect Obama's proposed multi-billion dollar economic stimulus package. ...more

January 6, 2009

obama and congressional leaders work on tax cuts now reaching $300 billion ...more

January 5, 2009