The issue: Union fundraiser spends 85 percent of collections on salaries and other expenses. Our opinion: A disgraceful practice that unions should cease and lawmakers should investigate. ...more

December 13, 2009

Its charity status with the state expired in July. As far as the Better Business Bureau is concerned, it is "no longer in business." ...more

December 13, 2009

Records show telemarketing agency spent 85 percent of contributions on expenses. ...more

December 11, 2009

Plant (11-1) at Lakeland (13-0). Here we go. Here are two juggernauts colliding. Here are two premier programs, two brand names, meeting in the playoffs for the first time in 25 seasons. ...more

December 11, 2009

Since a bogus $20 bill showed up at a toll booth on the Veterans Expressway, toll takers in the Tampa Bay area are recording the license plate of anyone paying with a double sawbuck. ...more

December 11, 2009

Thursday's monthly meeting of the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority turned into an unprecedented and raw display of board politics and a power struggle between newcomers and its nationally regarded airport director, Louis Miller. ...more

December 11, 2009

A low screen of clouds will keep temperatures down through the morning, and the high today will probably peak about noon before cooling in the afternoon to the low 60s. ...more

December 10, 2009

Tampa Bay continued its trend of declining foreclosure activity in November, despite rising foreclosures in the rest of the state. ...more

December 10, 2009

This week shows why the Tampa Bay area was recently ranked as the second most dangerous place for pedestrians in the nation. ...more

December 10, 2009

The Florida Legislature, with the support of most Tampa Bay area lawmakers, has made it possible for the state to build a modern rail transit system. Good job. ...more

December 10, 2009