Many Pasco road projects might skid into a ditch when it comes to qualifying for the first phase of the federal economic stimulus. Nobody quite knows for sure just yet since the ink isn't dry on the stimulus legislation before Congress, according to Donald Skelton, the District 7 secretary for the Florida Department of Transportation. Skelton, based in Tampa, spoke at today's meeting of the Pasco Metropolitan Planning Organization. ...more

February 12, 2009

Pasco County commissioners hope to turn a corner - literally, in this case - after giving the green light to turn-lane additions at the intersection of Little Road and Hudson Avenue. ...more

February 12, 2009

Moving with lightning speed, key lawmakers announced agreement today on a $789 billion economic stimulus measure designed to create millions of jobs in a nation reeling from recession. President Barack Obama could sign the bill within days. ...more

February 11, 2009

Moving with lightning speed, key lawmakers announced agreement today on a $789 billion economic stimulus measure designed to create millions of jobs in a nation reeling from recession. President Barack Obama could sign the bill within days. ...more

February 11, 2009

Time to get into the wheelbarrow business big time. ...more

February 11, 2009

Banks and financial institutions, they got it. Even though they're a major cause of the problem. ...more

February 11, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan has passed the Senate and is on its way to difficult House-Senate negotiations. ...more

February 10, 2009

The widening of Sunshine Grove Road was supposed to begin this year. ...more

February 9, 2009

The easy part is coming to an end. Ask just about anyone in Washington involved in the $800-billion-plus economic stimulus legislation churning its way through Congress, and they will tell you it is a milestone - but without question the less expensive and politically and technically less risky part of the Great National Bailout of 2009. ...more

February 9, 2009

With job losses soaring nationwide, Senate Democrats reached agreement with a small group of Republicans Friday night on an economic stimulus measure at the heart of President Barack Obama's plan for combating the worst recession in decades. ...more

February 7, 2009