Opportunity In Slowdown Victoria Tschinkel misses a key point in advocating sustainable urban development for Florida (Views, Dec. 14). Indeed, she discounts one of the critical ingredients to further this goal. She argues for the preservation of growth management laws that inhibit and render more expensive the urban growth she seeks to promote. ...more

December 18, 2008

Regional regulators today modified watering restrictions for new lawns in response to complaints from sod business owners. ...more

December 16, 2008

With roughly 1,000 firearms stolen from gun dealers each year in West Central Florida, federal agents want shop owners to be more vigilant in the lead-up to the Super Bowl. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives gave a seminar today for some of the region's 1,600 licensed firearms dealers. Among the topics: how burglars break into gun stores. ...more

December 15, 2008

Despite some controversies over their tenure, both of Florida's state party chairmen, Democrat Karen Thurman and Republican Jim Greer, appear headed for re-election to their posts. ...more

December 15, 2008

The front that moved over West Central Florida and scattered a smidgen of rain here and there is well to our south now, which means the cool air behind it is starting to settle in. ...more

December 7, 2008

Only a few years ago Hillsborough County and the rest of Florida looked on the financial struggles elsewhere in the nation with smug detachment. ...more

December 7, 2008

You might see more chilly weather in the next two months if this winter follows the trend forecasters expect. ...more

December 4, 2008

You might see more of the chilly weather the next two months if this winter follows the trend forecasters expect. ...more

December 3, 2008

The 2008 hurricane season ends today and passes with barely a notice in Florida. Residents of Texas and islands in the Caribbean Sea have a different view. ...more

November 30, 2008

The 2008 hurricane season ends Sunday and will pass with barely a notice in Florida. Residents of Texas and islands in the Caribbean Sea, however, would have a different view of this year's season. For the third year in a row, Florida escaped a hurricane. Only Tropical Storm Fay hit – again and again – though West Central Florida saw little of the torrential rain Fay hosed on the rest of the state. ...more

November 28, 2008