The Obama administration will suspend the "cash for clunkers" program unless the Senate provides $2 billion more for the popular car incentive plan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Sunday. ...more

August 2, 2009

The Tampa Port Authority staff will recommend a reduction in its portion of the Hillsborough County property tax for 2010 from $0.195 per $1,000 valuation to $0.1925 per $1,000. ...more

July 18, 2009

Floridians can tell the state Board of Education on Monday what they think about a proposed rule defining how and when teachers can physically restrain or isolate K-12 students. ...more

July 18, 2009

Federal officials are considering opening a vast sweep of forest and swamp on both sides of Alligator Alley to hunting and off-road vehicles. ...more

July 11, 2009

Progress Energy Florida's customers will get a chance to comment on a proposed $500 million annual rate increase at a series of public hearings. ...more

July 2, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio is urging the City Council to keep a ban on lawn sprinkling in effect until more water flows into the Hillsborough River reservoir, the main source of the city's drinking water. ...more

May 19, 2009

The Business & Economic Development Committee on Tuesday will discuss amending the county's impact fee ordinance, which hasn't been revised since 2001. ...more

May 17, 2009

A city councilman and the NAACP are asking that the street where 8-year-old Paris Whitehead-Hamilton was killed in a drive-by shooting be renamed in her honor. ...more

May 6, 2009

The Tampa City Council this month will consider a drought surcharge that could double or even triple the bills of big water users. ...more

May 6, 2009

The construction industry is in a slump because there were too many homes built, followed by an economic downturn which leads to foreclosed property landing on the market. In other words, there is a slump in construction because there is too much inventory. ...more

May 6, 2009