On Tuesday, investment newsletter writer Don Rowe Tuesday became the target of a $2.3 million lawsuit by six victims of Arthur G. Nadel's failed hedge funds -- investors who claim they took Rowe seriously when he called Nadel "America's Top-Ranked Money Manager." ...more

March 25, 2009

In these lean, mean times, we all have to come up with innovative ideas to meet all the economic challenges thrown at us. ...more

March 14, 2009

State environmental officials will wait one more month to issue a decision on a controversial landfill proposed for eastern Pasco County. ...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

A law firm representing a former city police officer is threatening to sue the city for more than $200,000 because officials have not rehired or reinstated him. ...more

December 24, 2008

A law firm representing a former city police officer is threatening to sue the city for more than $200,000 because officials have not rehired or reinstated him. Kenneth Fong, whose allegations of payroll discrepancies ignited a scandal that led to the resignation of former police Chief Russell Barnes in August, is seeking lost pay and compensatory damages from the city, according to a letter sent to City Manager Steve Spina. Tampa attorney Steven G. Wenzel also asserts in the letter that Fong was not reinstated or rehired by the department as retaliation for whistle-blowing activities that led to Barnes' resignation, the reassignment of a city detective and embarrassment to city officials. By Wenzel's calculations, the city should pay "well in excess of $200,000," even if Fong is reinstated as a police officer ...more

December 22, 2008

Former Florida defensive tackle Brad Culpepper (1988-91), now an attorney in the Tampa law firm of Culpepper and Kurland, talks about the Gators-Seminoles rivalry with staff writer Mick Elliott. ...more

November 29, 2008

Form letters from a Tampa law firm specializing in eminent domain issues are causing a stir in Tampa Palms and other neighborhoods along the proposed route of Progress Energy's new high-power transmission lines. ...more

July 12, 2008

TAMPA PALMS - Form letters from a Tampa law firm specializing in eminent domain issues are causing a stir in Tampa Palms and other neighborhoods along the proposed route of Progress Energy's new high-power transmission lines. ...more

July 8, 2008

After a stint in the private sector, new City Planner Steve Gouldman returns to his true love of government work. ...more

May 7, 2008