Following the lead of Tampa and St. Petersburg, Zephyrhills has submitted an economic stimulus wish list totaling nearly $18 million to the Florida League of Cities. ...more

December 20, 2008 |

NEW PORT RICHEY -- County officials were to present commissioners this morning with a list of $1.4 billion in public works projects they say could be started in early 2009 if Congress passes the massive economic stimulus package proposed by President-elect Barack Obama. ...more

December 16, 2008 |

Encore, the planned Central Park Village redevelopment, would boost Tampa's economy by creating thousands of jobs - both short-term construction jobs and hundreds of permanent positions. ...more

December 11, 2008 |

TAMPA -- Encore, the planned Central Park Village redevelopment, would boost Tampa's economy by creating thousands of jobs –- both short-term construction jobs and hundreds of permanent positions. The Tampa Housing Authority is pushing those jobs as a means to spur interest in breaking ground on the mixed-use, mixed-income community it is developing with Bank of America on Nebraska Avenue. ...more

December 9, 2008 |

The requests include improvements for water and sewer systems. ...more

December 4, 2008 |

If you were thinking of resodding your yard, better forget about it for a few months. ...more

November 18, 2008 |

WASHINGTON (AP) - Brother, can you spare a billion? More like $700 billion, to be precise. ...more

October 5, 2008 |

The House on Friday passed a plan by Democrats to pump $61 billion in government spending into the economy through public works projects, help for the jobless and money for states struggling with their Medicaid bills. ...more

September 27, 2008 |

The Florida Supreme Court now says that voter approval isn't needed for billions of dollars in roads, buildings and other local public works projects across the state, a ruling that should allow several high-profile projects in Tampa proceed as planned. ...more

September 18, 2008 |

After graduating from Sebring High School in 1988, Kyle Green went off in search of fame and fortune on the rodeo circuit. ...more

August 25, 2008 |