The Tampa Port Authority has retained its A2 "investment grade" rating on $120.3 million of outstanding revenue bonds with a stable outlook, a report by Moody's Investors Service released Wednesday states. ...more

October 9, 2008

The choices might be coming down to slim and none. That's what Pasco County leaders and residents are saying about alternatives to a $700 billion federal government bailout plan for financial institutions wracked by foreclosures and other bad debts. Congress approved the bailout Friday. ...more

October 5, 2008

Just as the ghost dance of the Sioux failed to bring back the buffalo, so the declining dollar and the high price of gas have failed to bring back American manufacturing. To be sure, with the dollar down, exports are up, and with the price of shipping goods from Shenzhen to Los Angeles rising with the cost of oil, Chinese imports have slowed. Nonetheless, as The New York Times' Louis Uchitelle reported Monday, most of the rise in U.S. exports has come in corn, wheat and other agricultural commodities, not in aircraft or machinery. ...more

August 24, 2008

LAKE PLACID — In July, the 70 customers of Sebring Lakes won their water rate battle with Aqua Utilities, a Philadelphia water company. Some customers who were paying $10 or $20 a month were suddenly getting bills for $180 or $190 a month. But although the Florida Public Service Commission demanded a refund for Sebring Lakes residents, the money still hasn't come, said Jane Barnard, who lives on Tangelo. "They have not paid back one single penny," said Barnard, a senior citizen who lives with her husband, Floyd, in the small subdivision between Sebring and Lake Placid, just a block from U.S. 27. The residents are mostly middle-class retirees who live in two-or-three bedroom concrete block homes. ...more

November 16, 2007

Here's a fact that is no secret to Floridians: Our state is growing rapidly. Thirteen Florida counties are listed among the fastest growing 100 counties in the United States. Within the next 20 years, the states of Georgia and Florida are expected to have more residents than New York and New Jersey. People want to live in Florida, and millions more visit the state each year. ...more

October 18, 2007

You'll still be able to get free parking for Rays games at Tropicana Field in 2008 as long as you've got enough family or friends along for the ride. ...more

October 13, 2007