Richard Norris, Olivia Scott and Don Elwell have filed for school board and county commission seats. ...more

January 25, 2010

County commissioners on Tuesday will once again tackle the question of whether to reinstate county library hours. ...more

January 24, 2010

On a glorious Gulf Coast winter morning after an all-night thunderstorm, with the air scrubbed clear as a newborn's conscience, a breeze rustling the pines and birds trilling optimistically, our thoughts have but one place to turn ... and that would be to a ballpark, freshly mown and precisely striped, its infield and warning track smooth as a beach at low tide. ...more

January 24, 2010

Three years ago this week, Joe Campbell informed the county commissioners that their elections department needed more space. ...more

January 21, 2010

$10.7 million budget deficit forces county to rethink original plan. ...more

January 20, 2010

Hillsborough County pays the state of Florida $8.3 million a year to house juvenile offenders, but the investment hasn't resulted in fewer arrests, local officials say. County Commissioner Kevin Beckner plans to ask county commissioners Thursday to create a task force to evaluate the county's juvenile justice system and recommend changes. ...more

January 20, 2010

After being stand-offish last week with Florida's Turnpike Authority, Highlands County commissioners voted 3-1 to accept contaminated soil from the seven rest area service stations. ...more

January 20, 2010

That was quite an achievement by Pasco County commissioners last week. ...more

January 20, 2010

The deadline for finishing Pasco County's 2010-11 budget is more than nine months away, but county commissioners already are preparing for the inevitable program cuts to come. ...more

January 20, 2010

Activists who want the 12,000-acre Cone Ranch immediately transferred to Hillsborough County's land-conservation program might have to wait five years. ...more

January 19, 2010