Like many in the audience before him Tuesday, Dade City Mayor Hutch Brock envisions a connected system of trails throughout the city and the rest of Pasco County. ...more

February 7, 2008

TAMPA - For low-income residents in Hillsborough County, the cost to participate in the My Safe Florida Home grant program often can exceed their meager means. Faced with paying upfront for improvements, as much as $5,000, then waiting for a state reimbursement, low-income residents are finding the program is out of their financial reach. It wasn't supposed to be this way. ...more

January 27, 2008

For low-income residents in Hillsborough County, the cost to participate in the My Safe Florida Home grant program often can exceed their meager means. ...more

January 27, 2008

Critics of the property tax cut plan on the Jan. 29 ballot panned Gov. Charlie Crist's proposal on Thursday to increase K-12 school funding by $1 billion next year, describing it as a gimmick to convince voters that approving Amendment 1 will not harm Florida's schools. ...more

January 18, 2008

After the "freezing" of a state-run investment pool set off a statewide panic last month, local school officials are looking to area legislators for backup. ...more

January 5, 2008

The collision of a statewide campaign to cut property taxes with Florida's worst budget crunch in decades could give hospitals that treat the poor and uninsured a double dose of trouble next fiscal year. ...more

January 3, 2008

Oelsner Park will get an updated look, but don't expect Wilmslow Park to become a well-equipped place to play. ...more

December 19, 2007

Hernando County's 2008 budget just got fatter. But it didn't put on as many pounds as last year. ...more

December 7, 2007

A University of South Florida internal investigation report released Wednesday showed problems in the way the student affairs division paid some salaries and in how it recruited some managers. The division's leaders, however, mostly stayed true to policies and procedures, investigators say. ...more

December 6, 2007

A bill being considered by Pasco County legislators would provide $6 million in state funding for the county to purchase Aloha Utilities. ...more

November 30, 2007