Pasco County is considering sweeping changes to how future residents will live, work and get around. Here's where things stand and where they may be headed: ...more

October 18, 2009

The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority has scheduled public meetings to get input for a project to determine where bus and light rail routes are needed in two Tampa corridors. ...more

September 22, 2009

Federal officials are considering opening a vast sweep of forest and swamp on both sides of Alligator Alley to hunting and off-road vehicles. ...more

July 11, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio will mark Earth Day by unveiling a new recycling program today. Working with the Tampa Downtown Partnership, the city will place 20 receptacles for recycling plastic and aluminum throughout downtown and the Channel District. Dozens of green receptacles will be placed along well-traveled pedestrian corridors. ...more

April 22, 2009

President Barack Obama claimed early progress Tuesday night in his aggressive campaign to lead the nation out of economic chaos and declared that despite obstacles ahead, "we're moving in the right direction." At the second prime-time news conference of his presidency, Obama also toned down his criticism of bonuses to executives at bailed-out AIG, and shot back at Republican critics of his budget. ...more

March 24, 2009

The public will get a chance to provide input today on Progress Energy's plans to build a nuclear power plant in Levy County and run new transmission lines through Hernando County. ...more

March 11, 2009

Endangered gopher tortoises are thriving on a Hudson-area site that scores of Beacon Point residents want the county to buy as a preserve. ...more

February 24, 2009

In an unexpected move, Mayor Pam Iorio has changed direction on a proposed settlement with two advertising companies, saying that she wants to remove a provision in the agreement allowing them to replace traditional billboards with digital displays. ...more

February 14, 2009

In an unexpected move, Mayor Pam Iorio has changed direction on a proposed settlement with two advertising companies, saying that she wants to remove a provision in the agreement allowing them to replace traditional billboards with digital displays. ...more

February 13, 2009

A couple of perennials are blooming again in the corridors of the county commission. ...more

February 5, 2009