There was no monkeying around. The primates went right to work ripping wrapping paper, throwing clothes to the ground and stuffing snacks into their mouths. ...more

December 15, 2007

TAMPA - There was no monkeying around. The primates went right to work ripping wrapping paper, throwing clothes to the ground and stuffing snacks into their mouths. ...more

December 14, 2007

President Bush has called us a nation addicted to oil. If he looked at our local utility, he would cite it as a company radically addicted to coal and natural gas. ...more

December 10, 2007

Lawmakers from unincorporated areas of Hillsborough County used some legislative sleight-of-hand Friday to advance a bill that would reduce the city of Tampa's power on two important local boards. ...more

December 8, 2007

State Sen. Victor Crist, R-Tampa, weighed in on the Dade City landfill controversy Tuesday, filing legislation that would severely restrict where new landfills could be built in Florida. ...more

December 5, 2007

If a single attribute can describe the Hillsborough Legislative Delegation, it would be patience. The state lawmakers we've elected are an indefatigable bunch. ...more

November 26, 2007

Planning commissioners declined to allow the expansion of a controversial group home on Fort King Road after neighbors raised concerns that residents at the facility weren't being properly monitored. ...more

November 8, 2007

Joan Drolle of New Port Richey says the state has provided no relief when it comes to property taxes. ...more

November 7, 2007

but no more. I pay three times the taxes of homesteaders. I can no longer afford it. Place after place is for sale, and it's little wonder. ...more

November 3, 2007

It's rare when an industry asks the government to step in and have a say on how it conducts business. ...more

October 28, 2007