Grocery prices Last week Publix had a particular variety of tomato on sale. The Tribune published an article on the big drop in tomato prices and included that in a story that implied Publix was paying too little for produce, causing hardship on farmworkers. ...more

October 31, 2009

The wheels might be coming off the economy, but Pasco County buses will keep rolling through the recession with federal stimulus money. ...more

March 26, 2009

The wheels might be coming off the economy, but Pasco County buses will keep on rolling through the recession with federal stimulus money. With an aging fleet of 28 buses, Pasco County Public Transportation can replace up to 11 buses with federal aid, according to Michael H. Carroll, the county's transportation manager. ...more

March 21, 2009

Chrysler says it will close all 30 of its manufacturing plants for a month starting Friday. ...more

December 18, 2008

Chrysler says it will close all 30 of its manufacturing plants for a month starting Friday. ...more

December 17, 2008

Only a few years ago Hillsborough County and the rest of Florida looked on the financial struggles elsewhere in the nation with smug detachment. ...more

December 7, 2008

Shares of several chemical companies fell Tuesday after industry leader Dow Chemical Co. announced its second set of wide-ranging price increases in less than a month, again trying to offset record costs for energy and raw materials. ...more

June 25, 2008

The "Other Views" column (Jan. 15) by Bev Griffiths, chair of the Tampa Bay Sierra Club, contained numerous errors about Mosaic's phosphate business and phosphate operations generally. ...more

January 22, 2008

The numbers are striking. Sheriff's deputies and police say they have raided and dismantled 34 marijuana "grow houses" in Polk County through the first 10 months of 2007. In all of 2006, that number was three. ...more

November 25, 2007

LAKELAND - The numbers are striking. Deputies and police in Polk County say they have raided and dismantled 34 marijuana "grow houses" in the county through the first 10 months of 2007. In all of 2006, that number was three. ...more

November 19, 2007