President Obama urged Wall Street executives today to help him pass new financial regulations, saying they would help their businesses, their customers and the U.S. economy as a whole.
“We need to enact a set of updated, common-sense rules to ensure accountability on Wall Street and to protect consumers in our financial system,” Obama told invited [...]
CNN) — The year 1970 was one of the most tumultuous in U.S. history, during a time when many Americans were growing angrier at the government. The United States was involved in a controversial war in southeast Asia and the invasion of Cambodia set off more student protests and strikes.
People were also increasingly distrustful of [...]
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered legislation that would ban women from wearing Islamic veils that hide the face in the street and other public places.
From left: Fleet and Transportation Director Mike Webster, Deputy County Administrator Eber Brown, Transit Driver Charlene Gray, Transit Driver Larry Marsh, County Administrator Brad Thorpe, and Transportation Supervisor Lon Frye.
Two Citrus County Transit drivers were recently commended for assisting in protecting the lives of two children they found sitting in the road on a street [...]
Citrus County’s unemployment showed a drop from February, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation.
According to the AFWI, Citrus County’s numbers decreased by 0.7 percent from February, when the county’s unemployment was at 14.6 percent. Unemployment stood at 13.9 percent here during March.
In surrounding counties, the unemployment figures also showed improvement. In Levy County, unemployment [...]
The Citrus County Commission’s plate on Tuesday had sideboards on it in an agenda-item cornucopia that that spanned nearly five hours.
Commissioners heard from Duncan and Associates in the company’s studies of the county impact fee system and land development code regulations, as well as comments from the public and businesses.
In advance of discussion of those [...]
(CNN) — Now that Arizona lawmakers have passed what’s considered some of the toughest immigration legislation in the country, other states are watching to see whether they should follow in the state’s footsteps or stand back.
Arizona’s bill orders immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and requires police to question people if [...]
President Obama is expected to meet with key Republican and Democratic leaders Wednesday to discuss a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
Obama has been privately reaching out this week to candidates for the pending Supreme Court vacancy, an administration source said Tuesday.
The president’s conversations with potential candidates were conducted over the phone. [...]
Pedro Espada Jr.NEW YORK — Federal authorities raided a government-funded clinic run by the state Senate’s majority leader one day after New York’s attorney general accused him of siphoning money from it.
About a dozen FBI and IRS agents appeared Wednesday at the Soundview Healthcare Network in the Bronx, where a big canopy above the front [...]
The IRS is investigating the tax records of Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio, according to a report in the Miami Hearald.
The newspaper reports the investigation comes from the credit card scandal that has plagued the Republican Party of Florida. The IRS wants to know if Rubio, ousted party chair Jim Greer, and ex-party executive director [...]
Citrus County resident a real ‘sweetheart’ 
Elementary school student awarded scholarship
Student raises money for injured dog
Volunteers ‘carry the day’ at special gathering
Five seated on housing advisory committee
Fire Rescue now offers ‘enhanced services’ to county
Senior Care recognized at commision meeting /
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