The U.S. economy may be suffering from its first bout of stagflation since the start of this decade, reports on housing, prices and manufacturing indicated. ...more

June 18, 2008

Customers of Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas could see rate increases of 9 percent to 10 percent starting next spring, the parent company of both utilities said Thursday. ...more

June 13, 2008

TAMPA - Customers of Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas could see a rate increase starting next spring of 9 to 10 percent, the parent company of both utilities said this afternoon. TECO Energy Corp. said it plans to ask state regulators in August for permission to raise the base rates of both Tampa-based utilities. ...more

June 12, 2008

Expect to pay more for wastewater and trash pickup services within the next few years. ...more

June 11, 2008

TAMPA - Expect to pay more for wastewater and trash pickup services within the next few years. City officials have hinted at the possibility of rate increases before, and on Tuesday a top city administrator bluntly told the council he planned to propose a five-year rate plan by this time next year. ...more

June 10, 2008

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bid by Gulf state senators to add wind coverage to a financially strapped federal program that provides flood insurance. ...more

May 8, 2008

Two weeks after voters approved a property tax cut, Tampa taxpayers might lose some of those savings to an increase in the trash rate. ...more

February 14, 2008