Only one piece of the state's multimillion-dollar deal with CSX Transportation remains to be settled, but obstacles to the plan are mounting, because of questions from state lawmakers and moves by federal officials. ...more

February 23, 2008

A federal requirement for a new study of the effect of running more freight trains through Polk County could delay a commuter rail project at the center of the state's multimillion deal with CSX Transportation. ...more

February 15, 2008

A new catch emerged Wednesday in the state's nearly half-billion-dollar deal with CSX Transportation. ...more

February 9, 2008

Recently, Don Baker was surveying the landscaping maintenance in his community when he came upon something else he felt needed maintenance: the railroad tracks that run parallel to Countryway and Westchase. ...more

January 30, 2008

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum should scrutinize the cozy relationship between state transportation officials and the railroad industry that is being given hundreds of millions of dollars in state funds. ...more

January 25, 2008

State Rep. Ed Homan said Wednesday that he plans to file legislation to stop Florida from paying CSX Transportation for railroad crossing maintenance and flagmen on public road projects. ...more

January 24, 2008

In January 2006, the Florida Department of Transportation hit a snag negotiating a nearly half-billion-dollar deal with CSX Transportation, so then-DOT Secretary Denver Stutler turned to a longtime rail industry executive for advice. ...more

January 23, 2008

Four area railroad crossings are being targeted for safety improvements now that Hillsborough County commissioners have approved a series of agreements with the Florida Department of Transportation and CSX Transportation. ...more

January 10, 2008

In 2007, several Florida lawmakers lambasted a $491 million state deal with CSX Transportation to buy track for commuter rail in the Orlando area and expand CSX's freight operations into Polk County. ...more

December 25, 2007

Gov. Charlie Crist, the self-proclaimed "people's governor," says he believes in open government. ...more

December 16, 2007