Tampa Housing Authority commissioner Karen Peoples arrived late Wednesday morning for what may have been her last board meeting. ...more

July 17, 2008

The Suncoast Tarpon Roundup, the nation's oldest tarpon tournament, announced a few months back that this year's event would finally go to an all-release format, and the rules have now been released, affirming that dramatic change. ...more

May 11, 2008

Tiger Woods watched his 25-foot putt race down the slope and bend toward the cup, then he skipped backward and punched the desert air in celebration when it disappeared into the cup for a final birdie. ...more

February 4, 2008

The $150 billion stimulus package Congress and the Bush administration unveiled Thursday meets the tests most economists prescribed for the ailing economy: It is targeted, temporary and (relatively) timely. ...more

January 25, 2008

Hillsborough County should finish the design for the first phase of an eight-lane Bruce B. Downs Boulevard next month and expects to put the $104 million project out to bid by October. ...more

January 14, 2008

NEW TAMPA Hillsborough County should finish the design for the first phase of an eight-lane Bruce B. Downs Boulevard next month and expects to put the $104 million project out to bid by October. "Construction is scheduled to start in December or January," Hillsborough County Commission Chairman Ken Hagan said. "They told me it might even be earlier." ...more

January 11, 2008

BRANDON - Sheriff's Sgt. Ron Harrison spent 28 years trying to keep Hillsborough County roads safe, and next week the county will rename the stretch of road where he was killed this year in his honor. ...more

November 30, 2007

The Pasco County park ranger program might be resurrected in some form after the abrupt end of the 4-month-old volunteer program Nov. 29. ...more

November 30, 2007

A mysterious Syrian military facility that was reportedly the target of an attack by Israeli jets last month has been razed, according to a new satellite image that shows only a vacant lot in the place where Syria was recently constructing what some U.S. officials believe was a nuclear reactor. ...more

October 26, 2007

The state's brain trust of economists meets regularly to assess Floridians' spending habits and estimate how much revenue is coming in to state coffers. The news in early August was bleak: The $72 billion spending plan approved for the fiscal year that began July 1 would come up about $1.1 billion short, largely due to the slowdown in the once-red-hot housing market. Other collections have also been lighter than expected, from the sales taxes on purchases related to homes to corporate income taxes. State lawmakers return to the capital this week in a special session to slice and dice. A balanced budget is a constitutional requirement in Florida. It's not an easy process. Lawmakers already pushed back the session when House and Senate leaders decided they were too far apart to waste time in Tallahassee at a cost to taxpayers of about $40,000 a day. The session is scheduled from Wednesday through Oct. 12. The House, Senate and Gov. Charlie Crist are staking out their positions. Here is a look at what may be in store in major areas of spending. ...more

September 30, 2007