Greg Bove steps into his pickup and drives down a sandy path to where the future of Florida's renewable energy plans begin: Acres of open land filled with solar panels that will soon power thousands of homes and business. ...more

October 28, 2009

Finally, some good economic news. And boy do we need it. ...more

January 16, 2009

Florida's unemployment rate jumped to a 15-year high last month, rising to 7.3 percent, and the state's job losses are increasingly being felt outside of the hard-hit construction industry. ...more

December 20, 2008

Florida's unemployment rate jumped again last month, rising to 7.3 percent, and the state's job losses are increasingly being felt outside of the hard-hit construction industry. The number of unemployed Floridians rose to an estimated 680,000 in November, or 7.3 percent of the state's labor force of 9.3 million. The unemployment rate had been 7 percent in October, and it was just 4.4 percent in November 2007 on a seasonally adjusted basis. Florida's jobless rate is higher than the overall U.S. rate of 6.7 percent. ...more

December 19, 2008

County commissioners, acting as the county's Local Planning Agency, gave a green light to plans for Starkey Ranch, the development planned by brothers Frank and Trey Starkey on land their family has owned since the 1930s. ...more

August 28, 2008

The Starkey family's development plans for land along State Road 54 includes the first attempt at combining a county park with a school complex - a project that supporters say makes better use of government resources but requires more cooperation between the county and school district. ...more

August 24, 2008

The new flyover bridge at Interstate 75 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard is supposed to make life easier for commuters. ...more

August 4, 2008

Center Goes To Winthrop ...more

February 18, 2008

A county proposal to take some of the money paid by developers for school construction and use it to build roads caught Hillsborough County school officials by surprise Friday. ...more

January 12, 2008

City officials had hoped to finally see walkers, joggers, skaters and cyclists enjoying the first phase of the Good Neighbor Trail this year. ...more

January 9, 2008