Hillsborough County commissioners embraced consolidating all the county's public water systems last Wednesday, tentatively approving $400,000 to study whether a merger has merit. ...more

November 9, 2009

For 55 years, Hillsborough County and its three cities have benefited from a public-private partnership to generate new jobs and raise the per capita income of residents. ...more

November 7, 2009

During the worst recession in modern times, as workers were enduring pay cuts, losing benefits and being required to take furlough days, the city of Tampa's unions sacrificed ... nothing. ...more

November 6, 2009

A $3.8 million, yearlong project to replace about 6 miles of aging water mains serving Davis Islands is under way. ...more

October 28, 2009

Some Davis Islands roads will be torn up and motorists re-routed as construction crews replace water mains. ...more

October 26, 2009

State environmental regulators may block a project that will revive the ecological health of the much-abused lower Hillsborough River. Their motives are admirable, but their objection doesn't make sense. ...more

October 22, 2009

The end of a leadership era is about to occur in this 85-year-old neighborhood. ...more

October 21, 2009

$754 million: proposed fiscal year 2010 budget $5.73: property tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value ...more

September 24, 2009

Nobody forgets Ed Maley. And that's to our good fortune, because the lessons he teaches are ones that should be remembered. ...more

September 12, 2009

Nearly 60 people were arrested Friday night with more to come by Sunday as part of the collaboration between Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and Tampa Police Department. ...more

August 29, 2009