Hoping to increase Tampa's share of federal stimulus funding for infrastructure upgrades and other needs, city officials are considering hiring a Washington lobbyist. ...more

November 11, 2009

For years, Texas has relied on scientists and technology at Texas A&M University to track oil spills, forecast where they are headed and minimize the damage they cause. ...more

October 31, 2009

Two years after abandoning plans to install red light cameras across the city, Tampa officials are taking another look at the controversial traffic control devices. ...more

October 29, 2009

At the end of the calendar year, many people balance their checkbooks to see where they stand financially going into the next 12 months. ...more

April 2, 2009

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is cutting back his celebrated $1.34 billion deal to buy land from U.S. Sugar Corp. to help restore the Everglades. ...more

April 1, 2009

The tanking economy could force Florida to scale back its $1.34 billion deal to purchase land from U.S. Sugar Corp. to help restore the Everglades, a person close to the negotiations said Thursday. ...more

March 26, 2009

Although many details remained unclear Thursday night, early estimates are that Florida could get at least $10 billion from the $789 billion economic stimulus package agreed on by the U.S. House and Senate. ...more

February 13, 2009

Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama's economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care. ...more

February 1, 2009

Here's some of what the economic stimulus bill could deliver to Florida and the Tampa Bay area, according to lawmakers and analysts: ...more

January 29, 2009

County commissioners got the grim news Tuesday from their budget director: the general fund faces a $1.6 million revenue shortfall from what was originally budgeted for fiscal year 2009. ...more

January 7, 2009