LAKELAND - In 2002, an Orlando-based planning group produced a paper titled: "Why Can't We Solve Orlando's Traffic Congestion Problems By Moving the Freight Trains?" ...more

October 26, 2007

LAKELAND - In 2002, an Orlando-based planning group produced a paper titled: "Why Can't We Solve Orlando's Traffic Congestion Problems By Moving the Freight Trains?" Five years later, the answer is they can and they are – by dumping the problem on Polk, Hillsborough and other counties to the west. ...more

October 26, 2007

Two state senators who came together last year to criticize the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority have opposite views over the authority's recent effort to hire an outside lobbyist. ...more

October 24, 2007

The Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority is looking to hire a lobbyist, less than a year after the state's auditor general said the practice might not be legal. ...more

October 23, 2007

The lone Democrat in the White House did not have an easy time as the president's 'faith czar,' back in 2001. John DiIulio was appalled by the lack of a serious 'policy apparatus.' He later complained that the White House was run by 'Mayberry Machiavellis' who sacrificed everything for political gain. He quit after only seven months. ...more

October 23, 2007

TAMPA - Betty Chandler Trent, the former director of the Brooksville Housing Authority, was sentenced today to two years in prison for theft of public and government money, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida reported. ...more

October 3, 2007

A public access network sued Hillsborough County commissioners Monday, hoping a federal judge will force the government to restore $355,000 in budget cuts to the station. ...more

October 2, 2007

Banana spiders weave giant webs between the trees, and insects buzz and flap everywhere, joining the occasional cow in a countryside serenade. ...more

September 30, 2007

PLANT CITY - Banana spiders weave giant webs between the trees, and insects buzz and flap everywhere, joining the occasional cow in a countryside serenade. ...more

September 29, 2007