A Tampa Tribune story posted on TBO.com about Hillsborough County's plan to install red light cameras this summer and a proposal to expand Temple Terrace's one-year program from two intersections to possibly four or five generated a flurry of comments. ...more

March 18, 2009

A proposal that would expand the use of DNA collection in Florida is gaining traction in the Florida House. ...more

March 17, 2009

Developers will have another chance to offer plans to preserve and make use of the historic Guida House at Macfarlane Park. ...more

March 11, 2009

Sarasota County would get two more years to find a new spring training baseball team to replace the Cincinnati Reds, according to legislation the Florida Senate is expected to take up this afternoon. State Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, said she'll propose an amendment to Senate Bill 1308 that would essentially give Sarasota and Sarasota County two more years to build a new stadium. If they don't find a team by the end of two years, the money would go back to the state. ...more

March 10, 2009

RECONCILING AFGHANISTAN: President Barack Obama declared that the United States is not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the U.S. military would reach out to moderate elements of the Taliban, much as it did with Sunni militias in Iraq. ...more

March 8, 2009

City Manager Steve Spina said architects have revised the plans for renovating the downtown fire station to cut costs. ...more

March 7, 2009

A second round of cutbacks in hours could mean all Pasco County library branches will close two days a week instead of one. ...more

March 6, 2009

Developers will have another chance to offer plans to preserve and make use of the historic Guida House at Macfarlane Park. ...more

March 6, 2009

City Manager Steve Spina said architects have revised the plans for renovating the downtown fire station to cut costs. Spina will ask the city council to approve the latest plans Monday so the city can move forward with repairing the station, which has been out of service for more than a year because of flood damage. ...more

March 6, 2009

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some think the idea should have been dead on arrival. ...more

March 4, 2009