A New York financial rating service has given Highlands County an "A" bond rating and classified its ability to pay off current debt as "stable." ...more

March 22, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Schools Superintendent Heather Fiorentino has turned to President Barack Obama for assistance after Wachovia Bank more than doubled the fee the school district pays for the letter of credit on a school construction bond issue. ...more

March 18, 2009

The potential closing of Egmont Key State Park has Hillsborough County commissioners looking for a rescue plan to keep the wildlife preserve open. ...more

December 30, 2008

Supporters of Hillsborough County's land conservation program know they face challenges in getting voters to renew a tax to purchase undeveloped land. ...more

July 17, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners will hold a public hearing Wednesday on whether to schedule a Nov. 4 referendum that will decide whether to continue the county's taxpayer-funded environmentally sensitive land-buying program first approved more than 20 years ago. ...more

July 11, 2008

CLEARWATER - An attorney for the family of Javon Dawson says she has presented several witnesses to the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office, and that all of them say the teenager was unarmed before and when he was fatally shot by a St. Petersburg police officer. ...more

July 1, 2008

Brian Blair did his best Tuesday to convince fellow county commissioners that Hillsborough's conservation land-buying program doesn't need $200 million to continue. ...more

June 18, 2008

SEBRING —Voters in Highlands County are almost certain to see a 2/10ths of one mill bond issue on the November ballot to raise funds for the purchase of conservation lands. If voters approve the measure, the $1 million which the bond issue would raise per year would draw matching dollars from the state's Florida Forever program to buy important conversation land before it can be developed. Highlands County Commissioner Don Bates said he will vote to put the proposed bond issue to bring in matching state conservation funds on the ballot in November. Bates also said it appears very likely that there will be enough votes on the five-member county commission to submit the issue to the voters. ...more

June 14, 2008

West Pasco residents will get a chance next month to have a look at preliminary plans for a transit system on the Suncoast being formulated by the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority. ...more

February 12, 2008