Hillsborough County maintenance crews spruced up medians on U.S. 41 one last time Thursday before turning the job over to state or private entities. ...more

February 20, 2008

The project engineer for a mixed residential community said he will have to ask his client whether it would be financially feasible to move ahead after planning and zoning commissioners Monday slashed the number of units for the proposed development by 50. ...more

February 12, 2008

After 28 years with the city, Sgt. James Contento called it quits. When he left, the city gave him a check for nearly $70,000 for his unused sick and vacation time. ...more

February 12, 2008

The project engineer for a mixed residential community said he will have to ask his client whether it would be financially feasible to move ahead after planning and zoning commissioners Monday slashed the number of units for the proposed development by 50. ...more

February 11, 2008

Boisterous people are often told to sit down or risk ejection from local meetings, but now, with the shooting deaths of five government workers during a meeting in Missouri, some Tampa Bay area officials are checking whether that's enough. ...more

February 9, 2008

The former Massachusetts state police officer who for a brief time headed a volunteer park ranger program in Pasco County has unveiled a government watchdog Web site. ...more

February 6, 2008

Government workers were bracing for layoffs Wednesday and local officials were looking at which public services to cut after voters overwhelmingly passed a property tax amendment that will slice city and county revenue by tens of millions of dollars. ...more

January 31, 2008

In a replay of the controversy generated by the Penny for Pasco sales tax referendum in 2004, school officials once again are being accused of violating election law, this time in relation to the property tax amendment on Tuesday's ballot. ...more

January 28, 2008

Forget for a moment — if that's possible — all the presidential candidates offering us the world if we elect them to our country's highest office. Instead consider all the important offices here in Highlands County that will be decided in November. It's enough to get even a mild political junkie excited about who will run and who won't. All constitutional officers are up for re-election this campaign season. That means the sheriff, clerk of courts, tax assessor and tax collector are up for grabs. So is the school superintendent post, as well as county commission seats and school board positions. This is when we see some incredibly talented people take a risk and run for office. ...more

January 3, 2008

Tampa City Councilman John Dingfelder wants to kill Mayor Pam Iorio's initiative to make city government more efficient. ...more

December 19, 2007