The Tampa Bay area's new regional transportation board kicked off the search for a day-to-day leader Friday. ...more

June 28, 2008

SAN ANTONIO - The Tampa Bay area's new regional transportation board kicked off the search for a day-to-day leader today as members urged the board to move quickly toward building a transit network to knit together the seven-county region. ...more

June 27, 2008

County Commissioner David Russell said the results from a mass transit ridership survey released last week clearly indicate the need to park the county's bus permanently. ...more

June 19, 2008

With the price of motor fuels sparking a lot of worry, this would seem the time to move toward an alternative to cars as the major means of getting around the Suncoast. That happened this week. The $66 billion state budget for fiscal 2009 Gov. Charlie Crist signed this week has $2 million for the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority. TBARTA will use the money to ramp up its planning for a mass transit system in an eight-county region that runs from Citrus County south to Sarasota County and includes Pasco and Pinellas. Crist vetoed $1 million for TBARTA last year. ...more

June 14, 2008

Finally, planning can begin in earnest for a regional transit system many think is long overdue. ...more

June 12, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist spared parks, roads, drainage plans and dozens of other local projects from his veto pen Wednesday when he approved nearly every bit of the $66 billion budget that lawmakers submitted for the fiscal year starting July 1. ...more

June 12, 2008

TALLAHASSEE -Gov. Charlie Crist has signed the state's $66 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, approving nearly every request for money that lawmakers made for parks, pools, shelters, roads and other local projects. ...more

June 11, 2008

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio visited Silverthorn Country Club on Wednesday to hear firsthand from county commissioners and staffers how Hernando County fits into the big picture of mass transit. ...more

June 5, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Crispers Chief Charged An interim chief executive officer of the Crispers restaurant chain has been charged with federal crimes in connection with a scheme to steal from the company. ...more

June 4, 2008

These are painful times for local governments. State-mandated spending restrictions and a voter-approved amendment limiting property taxes are forcing budget cuts and a reordering of priorities. ...more

June 1, 2008