If you live in Tampa and you're reading this, thank you and congratulations. ...more

December 23, 2009

If you live in Tampa and you're reading this, thank you and congratulations. You have done your city proud. You are among the reasons that Tampa has cracked the top 20 of cities in the United States on a ranking of the most literate burgs in the nation. ...more

December 22, 2009

Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group will acquire 22 outlet centers nationwide, including six in Florida. It already owns the Orlando Premium Outlets at 8200 Vineland Ave. in Orlando. Below are Prime Outlets properties in Florida and the square footage of each center. ...more

December 9, 2009

Council unanimously approved the lowest bidder, Excavation Point, to construct water lines looping its Sparta Road and Lakewood Road water lines, as a first phase of the city's plans for that general area. ...more

November 21, 2009

Drivers on a 47-mile stretch of Florida's Turnpike won't have to stop or slow down to pay tolls starting in 2011. ...more

November 21, 2009

MIAMI (AP) — Florida's Turnpike officials want your thoughts on proposed toll rates that will be introduced in early 2011 when the turnpike eliminates cash collection between Florida City and Miramar. ...more

November 17, 2009

Motorists along one of Lakeland's major thoroughfares are being greeted with a billboard asking a provocative question: "Don't believe in God?" ...more

November 3, 2009

Bay area home prices continued to fall in January, posting a 23.3 percent yearly decline, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, released Tuesday. ...more

April 1, 2009

All 20 areas tracked across the country showed a decline. Miami, the only other Florida city tracked, dropped 29 percent. ...more

March 31, 2009

Home prices in the Tampa Bay area continued to fall in November, posting a 20.9 percent decline, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, released Tuesday. ...more

January 28, 2009