A two-day neighborhood sweep by Tampa code enforcement inspectors produced more than 300 new cases involving more than 500 violations. ...more

February 25, 2009

Adkins: CPR Gives County A Fighting Chance We have two major issues in Hernando County that are hindering the road to economic recovery: home foreclosures and rising unemployment. We can all debate until we are blue in the face whose fault it is. Unscrupulous lenders, overdevelopment, Wall Street, borrowers in over their head, a culture of over reliance of credit. ...more

February 22, 2009

President Barack Obama threw a $75 billion lifeline to millions of Americans on the brink of foreclosure Wednesday, declaring an urgent need for drastic action - not only to save their homes but to keep the housing crisis "from wreaking even greater havoc" on the broader national economy. ...more

February 19, 2009

The month-long struggle over the stimulus plan left behind a smoking battlefield of partisanship, but it also set the stage for a political collision on a scale seldom seen in Washington - a showdown on a succession of even more divisive issues that could shadow the future of the two major political parties. ...more

February 16, 2009

A local company is sponsoring workshops for troubled homeowners to teach them how to modify their home loans and save their houses from foreclosure. ...more

February 15, 2009

We're glad to see government and community leaders working together to come up with new ideas to help spur the gloomy economy in Hernando County. ...more

February 14, 2009

A local company is sponsoring workshops for troubled homeowners to teach them how to modify their home loans and save their houses from foreclosure. ...more

February 14, 2009

Wells Fargo Bank took back the BayWalk shopping center Friday morning, as the only bidder at a foreclosure sale of the St. Petersburg property. ...more

February 13, 2009

WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. Judd Gregg said Friday that he pulled out of the job of commerce secretary after realizing that "I'm just going to be a little too conservative" for President Barack Obama's administration. ...more

February 13, 2009

Florida's foreclosure rate was the fourth-highest among all states, according to California-based market researcher RealtyTrac. Here's a look at the numbers for January: ...more

February 12, 2009