New England-based Draper Laboratory has started making an imprint in the Bay area, hiring highly skilled researchers and moving into more permanent office space in St. Petersburg and Tampa. ...more

October 22, 2008

Three decades after removing lead from gasoline, the Environmental Protection Agency is slashing the amount of the toxic metal that will be allowed in the nation's air by 90 percent. ...more

October 17, 2008

Health and Human Services Director Jean Rags is confident Hernando County will get a chunk of the federal block grant money earmarked for housing relief, even though the county does not meet certain population parameters. ...more

October 10, 2008

Florida will get more federal money than any other state to buy up abandoned, foreclosed homes as part of the Bush administration's foreclosure relief plan developed this year. ...more

September 26, 2008

Having voted in yesterday's primary, I can't believe the state and local governments spent all those millions for the optical-scanning system. The touch-screen was less cumbersome - one machine per booth vs. two booths, paper, pen and folder - and confirmed who you voted for before you "went final." Correcting a mistake on the touch-screen was easy; now you have to go through an error process and do the whole system over. You aren't warned about undervotes at all. ...more

August 27, 2008

The lingering tropical moisture that will spark thunderstorms this afternoon over the Tampa Bay area should be the last effects of Tropical Storm Fay. ...more

August 24, 2008

Pasco County is taking it to the max - OfficeMax, that is. OfficeMax is the first company to offer discounts through a purchasing network Pasco created this year. ...more

August 6, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Pasco County is taking it to the max - OfficeMax, that is. OfficeMax is the first company to offer discounts through an purchasing network Pasco County created this year. With leaner government budgets in the wake of the Amendment No. 1 property tax system changes, the Pasco County Purchasing Department responded to the call for greater efficiency with the idea for the cooperative to pool resources. ...more

August 6, 2008

Florida's state and local governments have given away more than $1 billion in incentives to lure biotechnology firms to the state, but a startling new report raises serious doubts about the state's deep-pocket strategy. The grim fact is Florida is losing ground in the biotech race. ...more

July 3, 2008

As if dealing with a delinquent tenant wasn't bad enough. Starting today, Florida landlords will have to pay more to file eviction notices - nearly 240 percent more. ...more

July 1, 2008