The 2007 deal between the developers of Cypress Creek Town Center and Kearney Construction Co. promised to be lucrative for both parties. ...more

November 5, 2009

A neo-Nazi group has joined the state's Adopt-A-Highway volunteer litter pickup program, taking advantage of a free speech court fight won four years ago by the Ku Klux Klan. ...more

January 22, 2009

In another defeat for pro-county mayor advocates, a three-judge panel has upheld a ruling from a lower court to keep a referendum on the issue off the ballot in November. ...more

September 12, 2008

Time to place the Hillsborough County mayor question on November's ballot is getting short. ...more

September 12, 2008

Georgia received another setback Tuesday in its water feud with Alabama and Florida as a judge said he must decide whether the Atlanta region has authority to continue using Lake Lanier as its main water source. ...more

August 13, 2008

Rhode Island's Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a first-in-the-nation jury verdict that found three former lead paint companies responsible for creating a public nuisance, rejecting a closely watched case that had been seen as a bellwether for potential lawsuits across the country. ...more

July 2, 2008

Mildred Loving died last Friday, very quietly and with little fanfare. It should not have been that way, but it was symbolic of the way she lived. ...more

May 11, 2008

Bracing for more weakening of Florida's economy, Gov. Charlie Crist proposed a $70 billion state budget Thursday that would encourage businesses but spend gambling money and reserves to get by. ...more

February 1, 2008

An Episcopal diocese in central California voted Saturday to split with the national denomination over disagreements about the role of gays and lesbians in the church. ...more

December 9, 2007

What do Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Fidel Castro and four current Hillsborough County commissioners have in common? ...more

October 26, 2007