The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is the latest state agency to review a controversial 1 percent pay raise that Hillsborough County Administrator Pat Bean and County Attorney Renee Lee approved for themselves. ...more

October 22, 2009

With construction well under way, the dispute over Hillsborough Community College's expansion project in Ybor City has largely subsided. ...more

March 27, 2009

The city council will consider on Jan. 6 whether an in-patient hospice facility is allowable under its R-3 zoning or if rezoning a 6.3-acre property at 1110 Hammock Road would be necessary. ...more

December 19, 2008

Voters might not get another chance to have their say on the fire district after Nov. 4. ...more

October 18, 2008

City Commissioner Peter Dalacos wants to tackle the issue of whether Wal-Mart's development agreement with the city to build a store on U.S. 19 has expired. ...more

October 6, 2008

The LPGA Tour has backed off plans that would have suspended players who could not efficiently speak English. ...more

September 5, 2008

Ellis Bond of New Port Richey says Charley Reese wrong on column about gay marriage. ...more

July 12, 2008

That next cigarette could cost you $97. But only on Siesta Public Beach, at least for now. ...more

June 7, 2008

The Tampa Bay area could soon have another TV station competing for local advertising money, run by the government. ...more

February 6, 2008

Most of us can easily picture a scene in which a villain is forced to talk by tough good guys who find out just in time how to stop a ticking bomb that would have destroyed a city. ...more

January 31, 2008