Now that Sportsplex USA has elected not to build a multisport athletic complex in Trinity, Pasco County officials need to figure out what to do next to make their sports tourism dreams a reality. ...more

January 8, 2010

The Greater Carrollwood-Northdale Communities Plan is one step closer to adoption as committee members prepare for the final steps in the process. ...more

December 23, 2009

Dutch carmaker Spyker is giving General Motors Co. more time to consider its latest offer for car brand Saab. ...more

December 22, 2009

City staff's plan to bring bids for the Tarpon and Pinellas Avenue Lighting District project to the City Commission this week has been delayed until the middle of next month. ...more

December 19, 2009

President Barack Obama and world leaders are holding another impromptu meeting in search of a climate deal. ...more

December 18, 2009

After years of letting suburbia sprawl hither and yon across Pasco County, commissioners have begun charting a new course for growth. ...more

November 20, 2009

Pasco County officials are talking about a plan to allow developers to buy development rights from rural landowners, where the county wants to preserve open space, and increase development in Pasco's urban core. ...more

November 17, 2009

The Louisiana shipbuilder that operates Tampa Ship LLC at the Port of Tampa is considering Tampa, along with Houma, La., as a site to build an arctic icebreaker for Shell Oil. ...more

November 17, 2009

The Cone Ranch Advisory Committee, of which I am a member, was asked to listen to the proposal by Florida Conservation & Environmental Group and recommend to the Hillsborough County Commission the best way to preserve and protect Cone Ranch. ...more

November 6, 2009

The city council is expected to vote today on a proposal to expand Tampa's anti-discrimination laws to include transgender individuals. The proposed ordinance, if approved, would extend laws prohibiting discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on sexual orientation, sex, race and religion to include "gender identity or expression" as a protected class. ...more

November 5, 2009