Saying the nation's electrical distribution system is badly outmoded and inefficient, President Barack Obama announced Tuesday his administration is awarding $3.4 billion in "smart grid" energy technology grants, including $267 million in Florida. ...more

October 28, 2009

The Mississippi River pushed relentlessly past dozens of levees this month. Towns were submerged, their buildings tiny islands in murky water. Ducks paddled on ponds that had once been farmland. Some flooding was inevitable, given the force of the swollen Mississippi. But a poorly managed flood-defense system did not help. ...more

July 6, 2008

Road-widening projects that would move traffic faster between the university area and New Tampa are so far in the future that commuters are angry and frustrated. ...more

May 24, 2008

Speed Not The Problem Regarding "Bay Area Tops For Lead Foot" (front page, Feb. 1): ...more

February 8, 2008

They don't call it 'interstate' for nothing. The system of highways that includes Interstate 75 was conceived in the 1930s, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt and other elected officials floated the idea of a network of limited access, transcontinental superhighways to move people and cargo across the country. ...more

September 22, 2007

TAMPA - Family and friends of "a true Florida girl" who loved surfing and the beach mourned her death on Thursday, a day after she and a friend were struck and killed crossing Interstate 4 in the rain. ...more

September 13, 2007