The city has decided not to appeal a federal court judge's ruling that Bright House Networks didn't violate the law by switching local government stations to a higher tier in the cable line-up. Two years ago, Tampa and St. Petersburg filed companion lawsuits in U.S. District Court challenging the regional cable provider's decision to move public, education and government access, or PEG channels, from their existing spots on the dial. ...more

January 21, 2009

A 4,000-gallon fuel tank inside the Tampa Convention Center is at the center of a dispute between the city and county over whether the tank poses an environmental hazard. ...more

January 3, 2009

Several of the city's old landfills are buried beneath public schools. Pizzo Elementary, Roland Park Middle School, Lockhart Elementary and Young Middle Magnet School were built on or near land once used to bury Tampa's garbage. ...more

December 21, 2008

Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Sole and District Director Deborah Getzoff have some explaining to do. ...more

December 19, 2008

As the number of Hispanics getting robbed at gunpoint continues to climb, the city's Hispanic outreach center is trying to arrange workshops to encourage the city's Mexican population to keep their cash in banks. ...more

December 15, 2008

It's never been more important for Floridians who share in the benefits and beauty of our green spaces to care for them wisely. ...more

December 2, 2008

Every level of local government finally is planning seriously for better transit because, after many years of uncertainty, most elected officials now sense it's what taxpayers want. ...more

November 23, 2008

Can't afford to fly to Philadelphia for the World Series? No need to be gloomy. ...more

October 24, 2008

City officials are focusing on West Tampa and Sulphur Springs as they work on a plan to combat the growing tide of abandoned homes stemming from the state's housing crisis. During the next year, Tampa is expected to receive $13.6 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's new Neighborhood Stabilization Program, a $3.92 billion emergency response to escalating foreclosures nationwide. ...more

October 17, 2008

The small town of Lavonia, along Interstate 85 in northeast Georgia, has the right idea about how to handle undesirable businesses that peddle flesh and clutter interstate highways with sexually suggestive billboards: If you can't shut them down legally, buy them out. ...more

September 8, 2008