Our recession is tough, but imagine an America where the jobless rate was 25 percent instead of 10 percent, where the blue-plate special was 25 cents and many people still couldn't afford it, where there were no unemployment checks or food stamps, where farmers couldn't afford to feed their cattle. ...more

November 8, 2009

The company behind Outback Steakhouse and Carraba's restaurant won Pasco County's approval Thursday for three new buildings at a plaza that has been largely dormant for a year or more. ...more

June 26, 2009

The dozens of residents unhappy with last month's decision by planning and zoning commissioners to approve the expansion of a drug rehabilitation center in their neighborhood will once again get the chance to air their concerns. ...more

April 30, 2009

This once sparsely populated fishing village is motoring its way toward creating a downtown corridor that could more closely resemble South Tampa's Hyde Park area. ...more

April 1, 2009

Fire Stations Set LAND O' LAKES - Shiny red trucks need shiny new buildings to park in and they're getting them in some parts of the county. ...more

January 1, 2009

Thousands of students in eastern and northern Hillsborough County will change schools next year to fill new buildings, and the moves won't end when schools stop opening. ...more

December 29, 2008

The School Board of Highlands County continues to ponder the issues of student safety, the need for new classrooms and tough budget times as it grapples with construction plans for new classrooms at the Lake Placid middle and high schools. ...more

November 25, 2008

The James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital has a people and parking problem: too many people and not enough parking. The nation's busiest VA hospital averages 6,000 outpatient visits a day and is on pace to serve 1 million visitors this year. It has just 2,600 parking spaces, nearly a third of those at a nearby shopping mall. But hospital officials say they have a plan, and relief is on the way. Veterans should see significant change by next year. ...more

November 21, 2008

The Tampa Bay area office market continued to feel the impact of the general economic downturn from July through September as the overall office vacancy rate increased to 13.1 percent from 12.4 percent for the second quarter and 12.1 percent for the first quarter of 2008, a report by Colliers Arnold showed. ...more

November 13, 2008

People who put faith in government to solve national or even individual problems are headed for deep disappointment, if it hasn't already arrived. Still, that doesn't stop politicians from attempting to sell political snake oil to the gullible. No one ever lost money betting on the ignorance of the uninformed masses. ...more

October 22, 2008