Tampa Port Authority board member Carl Lindell on Tuesday encouraged fellow members to push Congress to ease the five decade Cuba trade embargo, and Tampa Councilwoman Mary Mulhern encouraged the board to visit Cuba as she and Lindell did on their own initiative in July. ...more

August 19, 2009

Joseph Weeks Sr., longtime owner of Weeks Hardware Store on Main Street, is the great Brooksvillian of 2009. ...more

August 6, 2009

With City Councilman Tom Scott declaring his candidacy for mayor, the sprawling district he represents is wide-open for a challenge in the 2011 municipal elections. ...more

May 7, 2009

With construction well under way, the dispute over Hillsborough Community College's expansion project in Ybor City has largely subsided. ...more

March 28, 2009

With construction well under way, the dispute over Hillsborough Community College's expansion project in Ybor City has largely subsided. ...more

March 27, 2009

The city council is thinking green - as in green-collar jobs from a solar manufacturing plant in East Tampa's community redevelopment area. ...more

March 13, 2009

The city council is thinking green – as in green-collar jobs from a solar manufacturing plant in East Tampa's community redevelopment area. ...more

March 12, 2009

Department of Transportation officials said they won't try to ram through an unpopular road project against the city's wishes. ...more

March 11, 2009

A five-story boutique hotel project in Ybor City has received initial approval from the Tampa City Council and soon will go before the Barrio Latino Commission for consideration of the building's design. ...more

March 11, 2009

Saying not enough is being done to preserve Tampa's crumbling architectural legacy, a councilwoman wants the Iorio administration to get tougher with private property owners who allow historical buildings to deteriorate. ...more

March 9, 2009