The Hernando County School District could be at risk of losing more than $600,000 for the school year if a county plan to reduce impact fees is approved. ...more

November 1, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a growth management bill supported by business and development interests but opposed by environmentalists and local governments. ...more

June 1, 2009

The construction industry is in a slump because there were too many homes built, followed by an economic downturn which leads to foreclosed property landing on the market. In other words, there is a slump in construction because there is too much inventory. ...more

May 6, 2009

The Tampa Housing Authority will announce this morning how it will use $10.5 million in federal stimulus money. ...more

March 25, 2009

Economist Bill Fruth had a vital message for community leaders Tuesday if they want to lift the county out of its economic quagmire - focus everything on economic development. ...more

March 19, 2009

Miami's City Commission has pushed a $639 million Florida Marlins ballpark a step closer to reality. ...more

March 19, 2009

Those who regularly see unemployed workers shuffle through the doors for their checks were expecting it. ...more

March 7, 2009

Concerns that the economy could get worse led the Highlands County commissioners to put on hold construction of the new law enforcement building for the sheriff's office. ...more

March 3, 2009

By now, Highlands County commissioners thought they would have collected $17 million in impact fees. ...more

February 13, 2009

The construction industry has been hit hard by the recession. More than 1 million jobs were lost in our industry in the last year, with 110,000 industry jobs lost in January alone. The huge infusion of money promised by the economic stimulus package was good news for the industry, but an executive order signed by President Obama on Feb. 6 will funnel those funds to his political supporters (labor unions). ...more

February 13, 2009