County commissioners Tuesday approved the 10th alteration to the plans for the Ridge Road extension, adding nearly $500,000 to the cost of the controversial project that would add a third link between western Pasco County and U.S. 41. ...more

January 28, 2009

A vote by the Hillsborough County Commission to award $50,000 to an embattled Tampa nonprofit agency has been postponed until Feb. 4. ...more

January 22, 2009

Pasco County Fire Rescue had hoped to be in its new Station 16 before the end of the year. Now it looks like the station on State Road 54 won't be ready until mid-February. ...more

January 22, 2009

A vote by the Hillsborough County Commission to award $50,000 to an embattled Tampa nonprofit agency has been postponed until Feb. 4. ...more

January 21, 2009

It was a well-known complaint within Hillsborough County's Affordable Housing program. ...more

January 20, 2009

Federal environmental officials have given Pasco County a checklist of 10 items to complete in hopes of moving forward with the permitting of the county's long-sought eastern extension of Ridge Road. ...more

January 4, 2009

Over the past year, the year-round population of Highlands County grew by 1,480 and climbed just over 100,000 people. ...more

December 30, 2008

After a challenging 2008, Highlands Today asked some government officials their assessments of the budget situation for next year. ...more

December 23, 2008

A circuit judge's ruling on Thursday overturned a 2007 state law saying counties had to pay for attorneys who take cases when the local public defender has a conflict. ...more

December 20, 2008

Hundreds of confidential government documents have turned up in trash bags and garbage bins instead of being shredded as required by law, according to a Pinellas County audit. ...more

November 8, 2008