The recession continues to slice into Hillsborough County's hotel business, which in turn has lowered bed tax revenue and led to the reduction of eight jobs at the county visitors bureau. ...more

September 22, 2009

The Port of Tampa is opening a route to Puerto Rico by closing a deal with a third major container service, Horizon Lines Inc., the nation's leading domestic shipping company. ...more

September 4, 2009

Tampa International Airport will launch construction later this year on a $10.1 million project to expand the rental car facility at the main terminal by 15 percent to 20 percent and allow off-airport agencies Alamo and National to provide service from the terminal if they desire. ...more

September 4, 2009

Port of Tampa officials said Thursday they expect petroleum, container cargo shipments and total tonnage to increase in 2010, when projected total revenue will be $41.6 million, compared with an estimated $39.2 million for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. ...more

August 28, 2009

Passenger traffic at Tampa International Airport declined 4.9 percent in July to 751,586 departing passengers, the lowest monthly percentage drop in a year, airport officials reported. The airport generally gets the same number of arriving as departing passengers, so about 1.5 million passengers used the airport last month. ...more

August 19, 2009

BUDGET BY THE NUMBERS $754 million proposed fiscal year 2010 budget $5.73 property tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value ...more

August 7, 2009

Honeymoon Island State Park in Dunedin has again proved to be the state's most popular, with 1.2 million visitors during the year that ended June 30. ...more

July 24, 2009

Bolstered by strong attendance in July, Florida Aquarium attendance in fiscal 2009 is about 1 percent lower than a year ago despite the poor economy, aquarium officials said Wednesday. ...more

July 23, 2009

Bolstered by strong attendance so far in July, Florida Aquarium attendance in fiscal 2009 is about 1 percent lower than year ago despite the poor economy, aquarium officials said today. ...more

July 22, 2009

The Tampa Police Department announced today that it will cut 36 civilian positions from its 2010 budget, although only four employees will lose their jobs. ...more

July 1, 2009