Waterfront homeowners eager to unclog the hemmed-in canals that block their path to Tampa Bay will have to wait a bit longer. The public hearing on an ordinance that would help property owners set up and finance a coastal canal dredging program won't go before the Hillsborough County Commission until at least mid-January. The public hearing had originally been scheduled for Dec. 17. ...more

December 4, 2008

Trash hauling fees for Pasco County homeowners could go up to $12.44 a month, if county commissioners approve an increase proposed Tuesday morning. ...more

December 3, 2008

Pasco County commissioners are poised to poised a trash fee increase ...more

December 2, 2008

Aloha Utilities customers expect to pay more if the company is bought out and merged into the county utility operation. ...more

November 19, 2008

Hillsborough County officials on Tuesday will present to the public three plans for widening Lithia-Pinecrest Road to relieve congestion on one of east Hillsborough County's most heavily traveled commuter arteries. ...more

November 17, 2008

The Highlands County commissioners appear evenly split - two for, two leaning against and one undecided - on raising the low-income senior homeowners Homestead exemption. ...more

November 17, 2008

Nebraska lawmakers got to work Friday in a rare special legislative session designed to repair a unique "safe haven" law that has unintentionally allowed parents to abandon nearly three dozen children as old as 17. ...more

November 15, 2008

Hillsborough County officials on Tuesday will present to the public three plans for widening Lithia-Pinecrest Road to relieve congestion on one of east Hillsborough County's most heavily traveled commuter arteries. ...more

November 14, 2008

About 50 residents of unincorporated Tierra Verde in southern Pinellas County came to St. Petersburg City Hall today to protest the proposed annexation of part of their community. ...more

November 6, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners will consider renewing for two years a "no fee zone" designation of the area west of the University of South Florida. ...more

November 5, 2008