TAMPA - If you want to schedule a free hurricane inspection, the time to call is now. The My Safe Florida Home program has about 17,000 inspection applications remaining as of this morning, program spokesman Kevin Cate said. ...more

July 2, 2008

A federal judge declined on Wednesday to stop Florida's new guns-at-work law from taking effect on Tuesday. ...more

June 26, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - Gun owners: Start planning your after-work duck hunting parties. A federal judge on Wednesday declined to stop Florida's new guns-at-work law from taking effect next Tuesday. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA - The Polk County School Board has received a federal grant of nearly $197,000 for school-based random-drug-testing programs, officials said. ...more

June 6, 2008

The My Safe Florida Home program was created in 2006 to provide homeowners with a way to gauge whether their houses could withstand a severe storm. The program, which is administered by the Department of Financial Services, received $250 million from the Legislature to provide free wind inspections and matching grants up to $5,000 for eligible residents. ...more

June 1, 2008

The My Safe Florida Home program was created in 2006 to provide homeowners with a way to gauge whether their houses could withstand a severe storm. The program, which is administered by the Department of Financial Services, received $250 million from the Legislature to provide free wind inspections and matching grants up to $5,000 for eligible residents. ...more

May 23, 2008

The My Safe Florida Home program gives you options, but that doesn't mean they're good ones. In the end, you are responsible. ...more

May 19, 2008

Herb Green was succinct when asked if there's anything for youth in the Tri-Community area to do in their spare time: ...more

May 12, 2008

Last year saw the city plan for growth in a large sector mostly north of Interstate 4 and an 85-acre area south of historical downtown, and officials braced for the lower revenues that the state's property tax reforms would bring. ...more

January 28, 2008

America's Promise Alliance, an advocacy group that began with the Presidents' Summit For American's Future in 1997 and has championed better lives for disadvantaged children, has again named St. Petersburg among the country's 100 Best Communities for Young People. ...more

January 25, 2008