The Tampa Port Authority on Tuesday OK'd a $150,000 request by Tampa Historic Streetcar for fiscal 2009-10 by a 4-3 vote. ...more

August 19, 2009

A library card, in the eyes of Loraine Cors, is like "a card that unlocks a door to the world." ...more

March 25, 2009

A library card, in the eyes of Loraine Cors, is like "a card that unlocks a door to the world." ...more

March 14, 2009

An anonymous donor has promised to give $1.5 million to the Tampa Bay History Center in the form of a challenge grant. ...more

February 17, 2009

An anonymous donor has promised to give $1.5 million to the Tampa Bay History Center in the form of a challenge grant. ...more

February 16, 2009

hedge fund manager Arthur G. Nadel owed a $50 million payout to some of the investors who had entrusted their life savings to him. ...more

January 19, 2009

The way the streetcar system is bleeding money, city taxpayers could well find themselves in the streetcar business in a couple of years. ...more

January 11, 2009

Add the University of Florida to the list of places feeling the effects of a sagging economy. ...more

December 14, 2008

A select panel of lawmakers tapped $672 million from a reserve fund this week, but Florida is still facing a potential budget deficit that could force the Legislature into special session after the November election. ...more

September 13, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Camp Cloverleaf, Highlands County 4-H's overnight camp, got a surprise –– and what is described as a "substantial" financial gift –– from a donor that will benefit 4-H children in the county and the state. That's the assessment of John Alleyne, director of the Highlands County Extension Service, of the gift left in the will of a wealthy man who recently passed away. Kristin Bird, coordinator of 4-H Resources and Alumni Affairs at the University of Florida in Gainesville, agreed. She said the amount of the gift is "substantial," but it could not be released publicly for at least two to three weeks, if at all. ...more

June 4, 2008