The president and chief executive of the fourth largest steel company in North America, Tampa-based Gerdau Ameristeel, said this morning the Obama administration must manage the psychology of the economic recovery for the government's stimulus package to become effective. ...more

February 17, 2009

Local officials say the best use of stimulus funding in the Tampa Bay area is to build a $463 million connector road between Interstate 4 and the Selmon Crosstown Expressway. ...more

February 17, 2009

Local officials are betting the best use of stimulus funding is to build a $463 million connector road between Interstate 4 and the Selmon Crosstown Expressway. ...more

February 16, 2009

The chief officer of a Korean cargo ship that dumped oily waste into the ocean has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges that he concealed the polluting in ship records. ...more

February 16, 2009

A 1,000-gallon spill of diesel fuel into Tampa Bay will not seriously damage the environment, authorities say, but the collision that led to it forced the Coast Guard to shut down the Bay for more than 12 hours. ...more

February 14, 2009

TAMPA -- Tampa Bay is now open to all boating traffic, from the upper regions to the Sunshine Skyway. The Bay had been shut down for more than 12 hours after a collision between a fishing trawler and barge spilled about 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel into the water. ...more

February 13, 2009

U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis of Palm Harbor has been picked to be his party's top congressional watchdog over the Department of Homeland Security. ...more

February 4, 2009

A 644-foot ship that is sailing into Tampa for the Super Bowl with nightly accommodations beginning at $1,900 has booked about 10 of about 30 available onboard apartments for the game, a spokeswoman for The World, a private residential community at sea, said this afternoon. ...more

January 23, 2009

The 23 harbor pilots who serve the Port of Tampa were responsible for terminals that handled 43 million tons of cargo and 767,000-plus cruise passengers in fiscal year 2008. ...more

January 17, 2009

A quick look at harbor pilots in Tampa Bay. ...more

January 16, 2009