If things had worked out the way they had hoped, the developer of Pasco Town Center would have won county approval this month for its mixed retail-office project. ...more

December 8, 2007

ORLANDO - Florida and CSX Transportation officials have finally reached an agreement to pay the company nearly half a billion dollars as part of an effort to bring commuter rail to central Florida. ...more

November 29, 2007

In a modest country home, tucked down a dirt lane far from the city bustle, Marcella O'Steen harbors a morgue of county documents, zoning maps and speech drafts. ...more

November 17, 2007

A controversial plan to dig a 54-acre borrow pit over 10 years along the county border has the backing of Hillsborough County planners. ...more

November 16, 2007

A controversial plan to dig a 54-acre borrow pit over 10 years along the county border has the backing of Hillsborough County planners. ...more

November 14, 2007

The best thing about our recent visit with CSX railroad executives is that they finally answered questions about some troubling business practices revealed by The Tampa Tribune over the course of this year. ...more

November 4, 2007

Tom Pelham, the secretary of the state Department of Community Affairs, said very little last week during a visit to Lakeland to hear from Polk County residents worried about how the proposed $491 million rail realignment plan might affect local communities and neighborhoods. ...more

October 3, 2007

Florida officials decided four years ago that the state needed to do more with its transportation taxes than build highways. The railroads, they said, should get some of the money, too. ...more

September 19, 2007

Florida officials decided four years ago that the state needed to do more with its transportation taxes than build highways. The railroads, they said, should get some of the money, too. ...more

September 18, 2007

AVON PARK — Tom Macklin was cracking up over the truck traffic along Main Street, and his house on that street, according to him, was literally cracking up as well. Although other neighbors disputed whether truck vibrations created the crack along his stoop and the foundation of his house, several of them also notice delivery trucks, haulers and full-size tractor trailers heading right into downtown Avon Park. "We get semis coming through here," said another Main Street resident who did not wish to be identified. ...more

September 16, 2007