After years of greeting its customers out of leased space in the Brandon Crossings Shopping Center, Hillsborough County Water Resource Services finally has a home of its own. ...more

December 9, 2009

Citing the economic downturn, the county's water department will close its South Shore customer service center July 2 at the South Shore Regional Service Center, 410 30th St. SE, Ruskin. The four employees at the office will be reassigned to other posts in the water resource department. ...more

July 1, 2009

A division of General Electric will lay off 250 customer service workers in Tampa as it moves the work to other offices. ...more

May 1, 2009

Federal officials are warning immigrants to avoid being ripped off by people offering to help them with immigration paperwork. Carlos Iturregui, chief of policy and strategy for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is in Tampa today to unveil an anti-fraud campaign offering people tips, phone numbers and Web site addresses so they will know how to identify legitimate service providers, said Ana Santiago, spokeswoman for the agency. ...more

October 17, 2008

The U.S. Small Business Administration said today that private nonprofit organizations affected by Tropical Storm Fay in August have until Oct. 23 to file disaster loan applications for damages from the storm. ...more

September 23, 2008

Over the last nine years, Florida's Department of Revenue has banked about $31 million in child support payments never delivered. ...more

February 26, 2008

John Harlowe's concern regarding the North Dale Mabry Highway and Fletcher Avenue intersection has garnered support from readers. ...more

February 23, 2008

John Harlowe's concern regarding the North Dale Mabry Highway and Fletcher Avenue intersection has garnered support from readers. ...more

February 23, 2008