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  • Earmark For Childs Park Is Laudable
    Apr 12, 2009  - Source: St. Petersburg Times Childs Park is a low-income, crime-ridden area of St. Petersburg. Even during good economic times, conditions and life there are mostly desperate, especially for teenagers and young adults during the summer months when school is out. Each summer, local leaders manage ... More
  • Stimulus Bill Could Shortchange Florida Schools
    Feb 2, 2009  - $5.8 billion dollars is how much money the federal government could pump into Florida's schools. But as it stands now our schools chunk could be cut by more than half. "The state legislature is now providing less money per pupil than they have over the past years. That's going to hurt us when it co... More
  • What Does Stimulus Mean For Tampa Bay
    Feb 2, 2009  - By Kerry Kavanaugh Modernizing schools, improving roads, and expanding healthcare; it’s all included in the 819 billion dollar stimulus bill passed by the House, now debated by the Senate. Supporters of the bill say it would pump money directly into Tampa Bay's economy, putting people like 55 ye... More
  • New nursing program could help nursing shortage
    Oct 27, 2008  - With many businesses cutting back or even laying off, the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital has announced a new program that officials hope will provide good paying jobs, alleviate the nursing shortage and take care of wounded veterans. The Department of Veteran affairs has provided $3.5 million ... More
  • Florida Democrats reminded House leaders of no-drilling protections enacted in a 2006 law
    Sep 11, 2008  - It's hard to believe this worked. Tuesday, Florida's Gulf Coast was in the sights of House Democratic leaders crafting a bill to expand offshore oil and gas exploration. By Wednesday, Florida Democrats apparently had convinced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that Florida gave up enough in 2006, w... More
  • For disabled, wait for benefits hurts
    Jul 15, 2008  - When diabetes made it impossible for Shelly Burke to continue working, she applied for Social Security Disability benefits. It would take eight years before she saw a penny. As time went by, she struggled to feed herself, a daughter and a granddaughter and to keep a roof over their heads. Jonath... More
  • Castor, other Democrats blast Bush's oil drilling plan
    Jul 14, 2008  - U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor says if oil companies are interested in drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, they should consider millions of acres already available to them that's not being tapped. Castor, a Tampa Democrat, called President Bush's executive order to lift the ban on oil drilling off the coast... More
  • People in mortgage crisis get advice
    Jul 13, 2008  - Jose Lopez has five mouths to feed and a mortgage to pay. His pregnant wife was recently laid off her job, and they're a month behind their mortgage payments. He brought his family to the Hunt Community Center at Al Lopez Park on Saturday, where financial advisers, bank representatives and nonpr... More
  • Congresswoman Castor to join Congresswoman Giffords at Shuttle Launch on Saturday
    May 29, 2008  - U.S. Congresswoman Kathy Castor (D-FL) will join her colleague U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), wife of shuttle Commander Mark Kelly, to watch the space shuttle Discovery launch this Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery, including Comm... More
  • Castor Scores One For Families In A Bind
    May 1, 2008  - U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor has made a point of giving special attention to the financial needs of college students from working-class families during her tenure, and she recently took an important step to ensure bad economic times don't prevent the college-bound from pursuing their dreams. Recently,... More