State Farm Florida has dropped plans to withdraw from Florida's property insurance market. ...more

December 16, 2009

Hurricane season starts today, yet a new poll reveals that many residents of Florida and other coastal states aren't ready. According to the findings from Mason-Dixon Polling and Research: ...more

June 1, 2009

The House, responding to growing public demand for more domestic energy, voted Wednesday to end a quarter-century ban on oil and natural gas drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, giving Republicans a major victory on energy policy. ...more

September 25, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Putting pressure on congressional Democrats to back more exploration for oil, President Bush on Monday lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling that his stood since his father was president. ...more

July 14, 2008

Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. ...more

July 4, 2008

After nearly four years of frustrations, disappointments and delays, Tampa Bay Water is on the verge of making history with the nation's largest fully functioning desalination plant. ...more

October 16, 2007

CLEARWATER - After nearly four years of frustrations, disappointments and delays, Tampa Bay Water is on the verge of making history with the nation's largest fully functioning desalination plant. ...more

October 15, 2007