Many Hillsborough residents have strong opinions about the area's immediate and long-term future. ...more

November 4, 2009

It was getting on in the afternoon when Jim Norman finally cut to the chase and summed up the situation with some accuracy. ...more

October 23, 2009

Fourteen years ago, the Hillsborough County Commission voted to strip gay rights protections out of the county's human rights ordinance. ...more

October 22, 2009

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is the latest state agency to review a controversial 1 percent pay raise that Hillsborough County Administrator Pat Bean and County Attorney Renee Lee approved for themselves. ...more

October 22, 2009

The Hillsborough County Commission instructed its staff Wednesday to begin preparing a referendum on a 1-cent sales tax increase for transportation projects, including light rail. ...more

April 2, 2009

The Hillsborough County Commission instructed its staff this morning to start drafting language for a referendum on a 1 cent sales tax for transportation projects, including light rail. ...more

April 1, 2009

Hillsborough County is facing a budget deficit of at least $110 million in fiscal year 2010 due, in large part, to reduced property tax revenue. ...more

March 19, 2009

Hillsborough County is facing a budget deficit of at least $110 million in fiscal year 2010 due, in large part, to reduced property tax revenue. ...more

March 18, 2009

Over many years the issue of rail transit in Tampa has been studied, argued, abandoned, resurrected, and refined, but never have voters been asked if they want to tax themselves to begin building a useful rail system. ...more

March 6, 2009

Newly installed speed bumps in Carrollwood neighborhoods are slowing traffic and tearing a community apart. ...more

February 25, 2009