In August, state inspectors shut down 12 gas pumps at several stations in the Tampa Bay area that were shortchanging customers on fuel, state records show. ...more

September 30, 2008

One of the nation's largest car dealership chains has closed down operations, possibly forever. ...more

September 25, 2008

The draining of the trust fund for highways, and an emergency transfer of general tax dollars into it, exemplify much of what is going wrong in Washington. ...more

September 16, 2008

And so it begins. The presidential campaigning season is here and, unfortunately, the ads that are running are all the same. It seems that instead of the candidates telling the public what they want to accomplish, they run their campaigns on smearing their opponents. I want to know what platforms they want to run on, not what their opponents failed to do. ...more

September 11, 2008

Tampa Electric Co. formally asked state regulators today for permission to increase electric bills 22 percent beginning in January to cover the skyrocketing cost of fuel. ...more

September 2, 2008

Amy Winehouse has been forced to cancel a European festival performance because of illness. The singer, 24, was due to take to the stage at the Rock en Seine show in Paris on Friday night, but the singer's U.K. spokesman, Chris Goodman, confirmed she was too unwell and had to cancel. ...more

August 31, 2008

Filling a car's gas tank is weighing on more than just a teenager's wallet this summer. ...more

August 31, 2008

This wasn't supposed to be the year of the angry taxpayer. In January, Florida voters passed Amendment 1, which promised property tax relief on several fronts, including nearly doubling the homestead exemption. ...more

August 30, 2008

Labor Day travel by car and air is expected to decline nationwide for the third consecutive holiday this year, AAA Auto Club South predicted Friday. ...more

August 23, 2008

Barack Obama thinks the government should intervene on gas prices to "give families some relief," and he called last week for releasing 70 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. ...more

August 17, 2008