The county has expanded its waste-to-energy plant on Falkenburg Road by 50 percent. ...more

November 11, 2009

A very powerful and emotion-filled gathering was held Wednesday at Kate Jackson Community Center. Proud homeowners who live along and contiguous to the Gasparilla Parade route told the audience in detail of the depravity, lawlessness, vulgarity and criminal activity that goes on while the colorful and popular parade passes by. It has become an anything-goes event where underage drinking, destruction of property and lewd behavior have become the norm. ...more

March 6, 2009

Florida has turned its back on major problems for years, which has helped make this year's budget crisis harder to manage. ...more

March 1, 2009

A proposed roll-back of Florida's growth-management rules wrongly assumes that more houses and apartments are all the state's urban areas need to become better places to live. City residents don't have to worry about how to pay for more roads or transit, according to the Community Renewal Act. ...more

February 21, 2009

Robert Hunter, who helped guide growth planning in Hillsborough County for 21 years, will resign at the end of this year as executive director of the planning commission. ...more

November 28, 2008

Robert Hunter, who helped guide growth planning in Hillsborough County for 21 years, will resign at the end of this year as executive director of the Planning Commission. ...more

November 27, 2008

It's hard to find a personal upside to high gasoline prices. We see more cars running out of gas on the roadside and family budgets are hurting. ...more

July 12, 2008

Neighbors say they don't want The Lime restaurant, 915 S. Howard Ave., staying open later. ...more

June 25, 2008

Quick: Cochabamba is the third-largest conurbation in what country? Your answer might be, "Huh?" But 11-year-old Akshay Rajagopal answered "Bolivia" to clinch the 20th annual National Geographic Bee on Wednesday. ...more

May 22, 2008

The police department has been using the same radio system since before Chief Stephen Hogue joined the force in 1973. ...more

May 12, 2008