HART has cut about $300,000 from its proposed 2010 budget, not quite half from streetcar expenses. ...more

September 19, 2009

A partnership between PCL Constructors, which has done some of the region's biggest road projects, and Archer Western Contractors appears in the lead to win the huge Interstate 4 Crosstown Connector job. ...more

September 17, 2009

Do you want to own a home in Pasco County? The Pasco County Library System is offering the Making Home Ownership a Reality program featuring Peggy Schott from Pasco County Community Development. ...more

September 12, 2009

Space shuttle Discovery's astronauts - including Clearwater High graduate Nicole Passonno Stott - steered closer to the International Space Station for a linkup today, while checking their ship for any signs of launch damage. ...more

August 30, 2009

The windows in old City Hall have pretty much reached the end of their life. ...more

August 20, 2009

Passenger traffic at Tampa International Airport declined 4.9 percent in July to 751,586 departing passengers, the lowest monthly percentage drop in a year, airport officials reported. The airport generally gets the same number of arriving as departing passengers, so about 1.5 million passengers used the airport last month. ...more

August 19, 2009

The windows in old City Hall have about reached the end of their life. So city officials plan to replace 348 wooden panes in the eight-floor, nearly century-old landmark building on the corner of Kennedy Boulevard at Florida Avenue. ...more

August 19, 2009

Elder Automotive Group, the firm that owns Jaguar of Tampa, was the high bidder in a bankruptcy auction for Ernie Haire Ford on Monday. ...more

August 18, 2009

The publisher of Reader's Digest, the country's most popular general interest magazine, said Monday it will seek Chapter 11 protection from creditors amid declining circulation, an industrywide advertising slump and debt. ...more

August 18, 2009

A broker for a Tampa mortgage company has agreed to plead guilty to federal conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for falsifying information on mortgage applications. Gilberto Jesus Lima, a licensed mortgage broker, worked for Mortgage Corporation of America when he was supposed to pair qualified borrowers with lenders, according to his plea agreement. For his work, he received a commission of 70 percent of fees, while his employer received 30 percent. ...more

August 12, 2009