In 1985 Gov. Bob Graham's administration placed an important legal framework in place in Florida to control rampant, undisciplined growth that threatened wetlands, induced traffic congestion and promoted random sprawl. Until that landmark legislation, developers virtually built where they pleased, and taxpayers had to follow with schools, roads, sewers and the rest of the infrastructure that necessarily followed development. ...more

November 29, 2009

President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday. ...more

November 11, 2009

Hillsborough County's free prekindergarten program starts today, and families can still sign up. ...more

June 10, 2009

SunTrust Banks Inc., which has received $4.9 billion in federal Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, posted an $815.2 million first-quarter loss it blamed on a goodwill charge and increased reserves for loan losses. ...more

April 24, 2009

SunTrust Banks Inc., which has received $4.9 billion in federal Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, posted an $815.2 million first-quarter loss it blamed on a goodwill charge and increased reserves for loan losses. ...more

April 23, 2009

Mosaic Fertilizer for years has worked from scattered offices in Hillsborough and Polk Counties. ...more

March 11, 2009

Mosaic Fertilizer for years has worked from scattered offices in Hillsborough and Polk counties. ...more

March 11, 2009

Phosphate giant Mosaic Fertilizer will construct a new $20 million headquarters building in Circa FishHawk this year, putting several hundred subcontract employees to work in the next 11 months. ...more

March 2, 2009

With three losses in the month of December alone, the Bucs are suddenly locked in a tailspin of historic proportions. ...more

December 23, 2008

Afghan tribes are needed as crucial battlefield allies against the Taliban and other extremists in the same way local militias rose up to oppose insurgents in Iraq, the new military overseer of America's two wars said Thursday. ...more

November 7, 2008