Less than a month after flocking to downtown Tampa to show their support for an issue that hits close to home, a group from south Hillsborough County got their wish - at least some protection from the noisy, dusty excavation of borrow pits and the truck traffic that comes with it. ...more

November 26, 2008

Environmentalists and longtime homeowners continued their call Tuesday for a community plan for south of the Little Manatee River that would keep the area rural and protect natural areas from dense development. ...more

July 24, 2008

Dolly Cummings, John Smith and Mary Ann Wilhelm all share the same goal: They want to be the honorary mayor of Ruskin. ...more

July 5, 2008

The county commission has approved Little Harbor's request to convert 158 condominiums to daily rentals in a 4-3 vote. ...more

June 18, 2008

The future of Hillsborough County's conservation land-buying program, which has preserved more than 46,000 acres since 1990, likely will be decided by voters in November. ...more

May 20, 2008

Little Harbor's proposal to convert up to 450 residential units at its Bahia Beach condominium and hotel resort into daily rental units drew heavy fire from residents at a zoning hearing last week before a zoning hearing master. ...more

January 23, 2008

Regulators characterized it as the potential loss of a "nominal amount" of wetlands, but environmental advocates said allowing farmers to dredge or fill small ponds or marshes without replacing them whittles away at Hillsborough County's long-standing wetlands protections. ...more

January 21, 2008

The Brandon Bypass is bygone, at least for now. Activists trying to reform the county's growth management policies have been pressuring elected officials to remove the conceptual highway from all planning maps. Tuesday, they saw their efforts succeed, as officials voted unanimously to take the penciled route that would sweep through southeastern Hillsborough off the Metropolitan Planning Organization's list of needed transportation improvements for 2025. ...more

December 5, 2007

TAMPA - The Brandon Bypass is bygone, at least for now. ...more

December 4, 2007

The lines on a draft county plan that could define future road corridors show a network of dots and color coding even in the most remote southeast corner of Hillsborough County, igniting a debate that has been smoldering in recent years. ...more

October 11, 2007