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Gov. Rick Scott's planning decisions invariably show he is a relative newcomer to the state.
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On Memorial Day we are asked to honor all who have died fighting for their country in all wars.
If Congress continues to do nothing, in January the whole economy will plunge off a cliff into recession.
A few weeks ago an experienced paddleboarder set out from Fort DeSoto Park. He has not been seen since. His paddleboard with wallet, car keys and cellphone washed up near the mouth of the Manatee River.
The White House's arrogant demand that even Catholic institutions must cover contraception in their health care plans is a threat to religious liberty and illustrates the dangerous overreach of Obamacare.
Any honest taxpayer would dread an IRS audit, yet the cheats stealing billions from the overworked tax agency don't appear worried about getting caught.
Even if you believe every word of Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Rob Turner's account of sending pornographic emails to an employee, it's impossible to maintain confidence in his judgment or credibility.
Watching the video of four young thugs beating a MacDill Air Force Base officer on an Interbay street is genuinely stomach-turning.
In homogenized America, with its chain stores and chain restaurants lining standardized roads full of similar cars, big investments in distinctive projects deserve notice. The best of these improvements merit applause, which is why the Hillsborough City-County Planning Commission for the 30th year has hosted an awards ceremony to praise the year's best additions.
Six years ago, anybody who could hammer nails or saw boards could get a job building houses in and around Hillsborough County.
In March 2011 Allied nations resolved to stop the troops of Libya's tyrant Moammar Gadhafi from slaughtering civilians in his desperate bid to hold onto power.
If the state wanted to destroy confidence in its school accountability efforts, its FCAT writing test was an enormous success.
Shareholders attending JPMorgan Chase's annual meeting in Tampa Tuesday would have been happier if the bank had not just lost more than $2 billion in a deal designed to reduce risk, but as a group they were forgiving.
Florida A&M University ignored reports of abuse within its renowned marching band and protected a culture of indulgence.
Tampa's baseball history is as deep as any other city's in the country, and to honor it with a baseball museum is a grand idea. That the attraction will be called the Al Lopez Baseball Museum and eventually could be housed in Lopez's boyhood home in Ybor City make it a true home run.
The partisan fight over the small difference between 3.4 percent and 6.8 reveals many reasons taxpayers of all ideologies are disgusted with Congress.
United States immigration issues are so complex and divisive that when a lawmaker poses a sensible solution to at least one problem area, Congress would be foolish not to adopt it.
Last year, while Florida's crime rate dropped a miniscule .1 percent, Hillsborough County's plummeted 15 percent. In the last three years alone, Hillsborough's crime rate dropped roughly 40 percent.
Ads on a couple of HART buses now remind Tampa residents that fertilizer use will be largely banned in the city during the summer rainy months.
Mayor Bob Buckhorn does not exaggerate when he calls The Florida Aquarium a key factor in "the resurgence of downtown." That may even understate its role.
We hope the plan to save Friendship TrailBridge proves to be realistic, but even if further analysis finds flaws, the private citizens who labored to devise a way to spare the old Gandy Bridge deserve praise.
It is no surprise the Republican majority in the U.S. House would produce a report highly critical of President Obama's health care law. But it is significant that the powerful evidence it offers against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act came from companies on the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, which Obama created to provide advice on boosting the economy.
The al-Qaida plot to bomb a jetliner emphasizes the war on terror is far from over.
There always is debate about what should be done to attract new businesses and bolster economic development. But one investment has consistently proved its ability to create jobs, build wealth and generate new enterprises: higher education.
Give Gov. Rick Scott credit for offering unprecedented public assess to government records.
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