The county commission is scheduled to hold a hearing on Aug 5 on the reduction of current impact fees by 25 percent for a minimum of 18 months, in order to share in the $20 million state affordable housing fund for first-time home buyers. While this measure is being praised by institutions with ties to the housing industry and it appears by Commissioner Russell's comments on July 15 in the Hernando Today that he agrees, there are numerous things they are not talking about. ...more

July 23, 2008

Hillsborough County school officials expect a three-year hiatus on building new schools beginning in 2010-11, including the delay of two planned elementary schools. ...more

July 23, 2008

The Senate voted Wednesday to triple spending for a much-acclaimed program that has treated and protected millions in Africa and elsewhere from the scourges of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. ...more

July 17, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Widening of Decubellis Road by 2009 might fix a traffic bottleneck near River Ridge High School, county commissioners learned today. ...more

July 15, 2008

The cost of everything else is going up, but property taxes here won't. ...more

July 3, 2008

New Port Richey's proposed budget includes no cuts in muni services, layoffs and a slight tax cut ...more

July 2, 2008

Sam Seltzer's Steakhouse, which opened its first location on Dale Mabry Highway in 1995, filed for bankruptcy Friday. ...more

June 30, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Ever since 1937, when Jay B. Starkey Sr. acquired 16,000 of pastureland and started a ranch, the Starkey family has been one of Pasco County's leading benefactors, investing and reinvesting money, land and personal time to the betterment of the community. Jay B. Starkey Jr. and wife Marsha recently continued that family tradition by pledging $1 million to the expansion of Morton Plant North Bay Hospital. ...more

June 27, 2008

No matter how high gas prices go or how tough the housing market is, Angie Todd's dogs will never go without the best. ...more

June 23, 2008

As President Bush calls for repealing a ban on drilling off most of the coast of the United States, a shortage of ships used for deep-water offshore drilling promises to impede any rapid turnaround in oil exploration and supply. ...more

June 19, 2008