Tampa will benefit from a $5.25 billion project to double the Panama Canal's capacity by 2014 and expand container cargo shipping for many U.S. seaports, industry officials agree. ...more

January 11, 2008

The Tampa City Council late Tuesday pushed forward a plan that by next fall could mean residents of several West Shore neighborhoods will be taxed about $8,000 to dredge the silted canals in their backyards. ...more

December 19, 2007

A Mississippi-based company opened a 70,000-square-foot factory in a local industrial park on Thursday, creating 35 new jobs in the city. ...more

December 12, 2007

I want to make this simple for the City Council, the city attorney and the Tampa Port Authority's attorney. ...more

December 11, 2007

The need to balance growth at the Port of Tampa with the inevitable growth of the city surrounding it will become a key issue in the port's long-range planning, a consultant told 75 port tenants at a planning workshop Thursday morning. ...more

November 30, 2007

Homeowners moving into this new waterfront neighborhood in the late 1960s paid $5 a year for sea wall repair and canal maintenance. ...more

November 29, 2007

Tampa International Airport ranked No. 1 nationwide in the 2007 Zagat Survey regardingquality of service factors in a poll of 7,498 frequent fliers. The Denver and Minneapolis-St. Paul airports tied for second, Orlando was fourth and Detroit was fifth. New York's LaGuardia Airport finished last, with Miami next to last. Midwest Airlines ranked first in quality among U.S. economy airlines, and Virgin America ranked first among U.S. airlines offering premium service. ...more

November 20, 2007

TAMPA - The city council inched forward Thursday with a proposal to tax waterfront property owners for canal dredging in their South Tampa neighborhoods. ...more

November 16, 2007

County Commissioner Brian Blair wants fellow board member Rose Ferlita to apologize for comments she made about losing her position on the Tampa Port Authority during a reorganization session Thursday. ...more

November 10, 2007

Thursday marked a new era in the leadership of the Hillsborough County Commission. ...more

November 9, 2007