Taxpayers shouldn't have to pay the highest price possible to transfer Cone Ranch from one Hillsborough County department to another, a member of a county commission-appointed panel on the ranch's future contends. ...more

December 26, 2009

Taxpayers shouldn't have to pay the highest price possible to transfer Cone Ranch from one county department to another, a member of a county commission-appointed panel on the ranch's future contends. ...more

December 23, 2009

The Florida Legislature, with the support of most Tampa Bay area lawmakers, has made it possible for the state to build a modern rail transit system. Good job. ...more

December 10, 2009

After taking a glancing blow last week from Hillsborough County's environmental land stewards, state biologists continue to troll for a new fish hatchery site. ...more

March 22, 2009

Former Gov. Bob Martinez of Tampa has been named a "Great Floridian" as part of a program that seeks to recognize people who have made major contributions to the state. ...more

March 20, 2009

There will be slightly less money for Tampa's redevelopment projects this year, and not just because there has been a significant drop in the city's property values. ...more

February 12, 2009

There will be slightly less money for Tampa's redevelopment projects this year, and not just because there's been an significant drop in the city's property values. ...more

February 11, 2009

Weeki Wachee Springs has always been considered a Hernando County jewel. ...more

January 14, 2009

Florida lawmakers made some of the final decisions Saturday on cutting $2.4 billion from the state budget, making painful and politically controversial cuts in programs that range from preserving environmental land to providing elderly people in-home living assistance. ...more

January 11, 2009

and the public - is rightly quick to point out to point out bureaucratic bungling, we're not so quick to highlight government successes. ...more

January 5, 2009