A high-end movie theater coming to Hyde Park wants to offer cocktails and appetizers with movies, a proposal that will require them to get a liquor permit. ...more

January 20, 2009

A company offering a free card for discount prices on prescription drugs is asking the Highlands County commissioners to participate at no cost in the company's marketing plan. ...more

January 19, 2009

City officials hope development of a proposed industrial park in the northeast section of the city will make an early contribution to efforts to diversify the city's tax base. Almost two years ago, local developer Manuel Lindiakos asked city commissioners to rezone his roughly 7-acre property between Jasmine Boulevard and U.S. 19 from industrial to residential use in order to build town homes. ...more

January 17, 2009

Hillsborough Community College is getting nearly $500,000 from the federal Department of Labor for training in advanced manufacturing using the Internet or other electronic methods. It was one of 20 projects picked from a pool of 193 applicants. ...more

January 15, 2009

A proposal to raise rates for customers of Peoples Gas is about $21 million too high, according to the Office of Public Counsel, which represents Florida consumers. ...more

January 15, 2009

A proposal to raise rates for customers of Peoples Gas is about $21 million too high, according to the Office of Public Counsel, which represents Florida consumers. ...more

January 14, 2009

DEP will wait until February to issue a letter of intent for the landfill Angelo's Aggregate Materials wants to build in eastern Pasco County. ...more

January 12, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama warned of dire and lasting consequences if Congress doesn't pump unprecedented dollars into the national economy, making an urgent pitch Thursday for his mammoth spending proposal. His first speech since the election, which did not reveal any new details of the plan, was primarily intended to drum up support. Here are some excerpts: ...more

January 9, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Originally planted to please the eye, the roadside trees in part of The Groves community on U.S. 41 have become a problem for some residents. ...more

January 9, 2009

obama and congressional leaders work on tax cuts now reaching $300 billion ...more

January 5, 2009