A partnership between volunteers from Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful and the Sun City Center/Ruskin Home Depot spruced up Bethune Park on Dec. 12. ...more

December 30, 2009

George Forte intends to mark the bubble next to "no" if a penny sales tax turns up on the November ballot. ...more

December 23, 2009

Like pulling teeth In signing the rail bill, Charlie Crist again shows that he is not the tax-cutter he pretends to be. He once said "property taxes are going to drop like a rock." What he didn't say was that the money would come from other sources. ...more

December 21, 2009

Commissioner Kevin Beckner's voice rose Wednesday as he realized he would not win his battle to change county policy to ensure all gay and transgender county employees are protected from harassment. ...more

December 17, 2009

Pat Bean will continue as Hillsborough County administrator, but she will finish out the last two years of her contract on what County Commissioner Kevin White termed a "short rope." ...more

December 17, 2009

Commissioner Kevin Beckner's voice rose today as he realized he would not win his battle to change county policy to ensure all gay and transgender county employees are protected from harassment. ...more

December 16, 2009

Back in 2008, the people who plan and coordinate Hillsborough County's road and transportation system were in jam; actually more of a logjam. ...more

December 11, 2009

Al Higginbotham and the missus purchased a pair of pants, a few shirts and some plumbing supplies one weekend this month. ...more

December 9, 2009

Al Higginbotham and the missus purchased a pair of pants, a few shirts and some plumbing supplies weekend before last. ...more

December 9, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners took the first step Wednesday toward putting a 1-cent sales tax increase for mass transit and road improvements on the ballot in November 2010. ...more

November 5, 2009