Some folks out here that are against buying the courses are trying to ignore the two 800 pound gorillas in the room. One is the fact that it is going to cost $1.8 million to construct lakes and $500,000 to dredge (de-silt) the canals. ...more

March 29, 2009

A sweet deal with a diesel distributor has the Hillsborough County School District flush with fuel when other districts across the state are canceling field trips and after-hours buses for students. ...more

September 18, 2008

A sweet deal with a diesel distributor has the Hillsborough County school district flush with fuel when other districts around the state are canceling field trips and after-hours buses for students. ...more

September 17, 2008

A gallon of unleaded gasoline: $10. Heating fuel: $9.10 a gallon. Electricity: $1.17 per kilowatt hour - 11 times the national average. ...more

August 7, 2008

Ships began crawling up the Mississippi River at New Orleans in a tightly controlled procession Friday, two days after a massive oil spill shut down a stretch of one of the nation's critical commercial arteries. ...more

July 26, 2008

Daily parking rates at the Port of Tampa's cruise line terminal could increase from $12 to $14 for a standard space and from $24 to $28 for buses, large campers and other vehicles occupying two spaces under a proposal scheduled for a July 24 public hearing. ...more

July 3, 2008

Some Central Florida municipalities with increasingly tight budgets are being forced to curtail their Fourth of July celebrations. ...more

June 30, 2008