Keeping inmates in other states might not be cheaper than keeping them here, but the state would be able to save the cost of building new prisons. ...more

March 7, 2009

Concerns that the economy could get worse led the Highlands County commissioners to put on hold construction of the new law enforcement building for the sheriff's office. ...more

March 3, 2009

I am an enterprising taxpaying citizen. I am a farmer willing to diversify any way imaginable to continue paying my bills without borrowing money. My governor Charlie Crist is faced with the same decisions I have to make. He has the option to research diverse revenue producing options for the State of Florida or pledge this taxpayer's assets to pay back Florida's bad debt. ...more

February 23, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist is wise to be suspicious of the Legislature's plan to suspend Florida Forever funding this year. This looks to be not the temporary measure backers claim, but an effort to kill the state's highly successful land acquisition program altogether. ...more

January 27, 2009

The Tampa Bay History Center's grand opening is scheduled today. And the history of how a 60,000-square-foot shimmering building on the waterfront with interactive exhibits came to be is itself worth the public's attention. ...more

January 17, 2009

Demand for hotel rooms in Hillsborough County declined 12.3 percent in September compared with a year ago, to 286,932 rooms booked, a further indication of the economy's impact on business and leisure travel. ...more

November 21, 2008

The Heritage Isles Community Development District board Thursday approved a fiscal 2009 budget with more than $400,000 in losses for its golf and restaurant operations. ...more

September 3, 2008

The Highlands County School Board tentatively approved its 2008-09 budget with a small increase in the school tax rate. ...more

July 31, 2008

A new Tampa Bay Rays stadium on St. Petersburg's downtown waterfront would draw tens of thousands of additional visitors here to vacation, shop and dine, the team's president told a tourism panel Wednesday. ...more

June 12, 2008

CLEARWATER - A new Tampa Bay Rays stadium on St. Petersburg's downtown waterfront would serve as a major tourist attraction, drawing tens of thousands of additional visitors to the area to vacation, shop and dine, the team's president said this morning. ...more

June 11, 2008