NEW PORT RICHEY - The mosquito season is here and recent heavy rainfall in the Trinity and Hudson area is prompting action from the Pasco Mosquito Control District. Mosquitoes thrive on standing water to breed, and some isolated spots in West Pasco picked up as much as 4.5 inches of rain last week, according to Dennis Moore, the district's director. ...more

June 21, 2008

Residents who live in the Southwest Florida Water Management District's Withlacoochee River Basin will pay the same millage rate as last year. ...more

June 20, 2008

Residents who live in the Southwest Florida Water Management District's Withlacoochee River Basin will pay the same millage rate as last year. ...more

June 19, 2008

After the presentation of raising taxes to protect land at the Highlands County Commission meeting, I remain opposed to this idea, in any form. I am opposed to paying any additional ad-valorem taxes, non-ad-valorem taxes, designated assessments, or designated fees for land conservation projects. It remains important that county commissioners deny land use changes that infringe on wet lands or conservation lands. Buying up land to create preserves is an idea that I will not support. Buying land from private owners takes these lands off the county tax rolls. ...more

June 19, 2008

Southern Pasco County homeowners from Odessa to the Gulf Coast can expect their contribution to the Pinellas-Anclote River Basin Board to remain stable under the proposed budget adopted last week. ...more

June 9, 2008

The taxable value of property in Hillsborough County declined by more than 5 percent this year, good news for some taxpayers but a sign of more tough times ahead for local governments. ...more

June 2, 2008

Pasco County's taxable property value dropped by $3 billion - or nearly 10 percent - during a yearlong period ending Jan. 1, while new construction amounted to half of what it was in the previous year, Property Appraiser Mike Wells said Thursday. ...more

May 30, 2008

Filing for a homestead exemption or starting married life will be more convenient and save on gas now that satellite county government offices are opening in Brandon. ...more

May 28, 2008

More property owners than ever failed to pay their tax bills this year, Pasco County officials are finding, as they prepare for their annual tax certificate sale. ...more

May 26, 2008

A master plan on Hillsborough County's Web site has some Northdale Park users concerned. ...more

May 21, 2008