Progress Energy Florida has asked federal regulators to extend the life of its nuclear plant in Crystal River another 20 years. ...more

December 20, 2008

Progress Energy Florida has asked federal regulators to extend the life of its nuclear plant in Crystal River another 20 years. ...more

December 19, 2008

TAMPA -- Water regulators today loosened restrictions on replacing lawns, allowing people to water grass plugs or new sod daily for the first 15 days and three days a week for the following 15. The decision by the Southwest Florida Water Management District's governing board relaxes a restriction imposed in October that banned residents in Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties from replacing their lawns. ...more

December 16, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist wants tougher emissions standards for vehicles sold in Florida by 2013. The standards would force manufacturers to reduce new car and truck emissions in Florida by 10 million metric tons by 2020 - the equivalent of taking nearly 1.1 million vehicles off of the road per year. ...more

December 3, 2008

The record profit Florida's home builders made during the boom years has given way to massive problems with cash flow and credit that builders blamed Monday on banks hoarding billions in federal bailout dollars. ...more

November 25, 2008

Wall Street barreled higher Monday for the second straight session, this time in a relief rally over the government's plan to bail out Citigroup - a move it hopes will help quiet some of the uncertainty hounding the financial sector and the overall economy. The Dow Jones industrials soared nearly 400 points and the major indexes all jumped more than 4.5 percent. ...more

November 25, 2008

The city council will continue exploring the potential for urban gardening on some of the city's vacant lots, but not everyone agrees on the benefits. ...more

November 19, 2008

Amid news reports that Without Walls International Church is in foreclosure, Pastor Randy White stood at the pulpit Sunday and blamed critics and creditors for trying to bring down the former megachurch. ...more

November 10, 2008

WASHINGTON - Regulators on Friday shut down Freedom Bank, a small bank located in Bradenton. It was the 17th failure this year of a federally insured bank. ...more

October 31, 2008

The Food and Drug Administration will establish its first office in China before the end of the year as part of a broader plan to assure the safety of imports from the developing world. ...more

October 17, 2008