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

Hillsborough County appeared to be heading toward embracing the idea of purchasing and protecting undeveloped land, overwhelmingly approving an extension of a 21-year-old land preservation program. ...more

November 5, 2008

Hillsborough County has again embraced the idea of purchasing and protecting undeveloped land, overwhelmingly approving an extension of a 21-year-old land preservation program. ...more

November 4, 2008

With land prices tanking, environmentalists say now is the time to pounce on a depressed real estate market to preserve thousands more acres for wildlife, water protection and quality of life. ...more

October 18, 2008

State starts its Conservation and Recreational Lands program, known as CARL, prompting then-Hillsborough County Commissioner Jan Platt to work toward a local land-preservation program. ...more

October 17, 2008

Environmentalists are hiking from one corner of Hillsborough County to another, beating paths to organizations they hope will back an extended land preservation program. ...more

October 13, 2008

District 3 County Commissioner Ann Hildebrand faces two Republican challengers: electrician Matt Matey and home insurance activist Wil Nickerson, in her bid for a seventh term. The winner of the Aug. 26 primary will face one of two Democrats in the race. ...more

August 16, 2008

The crowded Nov. 4 ballot will include a measure that has more to do with fish and wildlife than Democrats and Republicans. ...more

May 22, 2008