As we conclude our 20th year, we wanted to thank our community for the vision and wisdom demonstrated when citizens voted to create an independent, special taxing district called the Children's Board of Hillsborough County. ...more

January 4, 2009

The Avon Park City Council is sending a message to the governor - that it opposes Miami-Dade County's effort to eliminate municipalities from lawfully setting higher utility rates for customers outside the city limits. ...more

December 29, 2008

We are in the deepest recession in the last 20 years and the Hernando Board of County Commissioners is having trouble defining the meaning of "local." ...more

December 21, 2008

A circuit judge's ruling on Thursday overturned a 2007 state law saying counties had to pay for attorneys who take cases when the local public defender has a conflict. ...more

December 20, 2008

A lawsuit that could have thrown the controversial county mayor issue back into the courtroom was rejected Thursday by Hillsborough County commissioners. ...more

December 11, 2008

Apryl Willis carefully weeded through bills and junk mail the week before Thanksgiving, eager to find a postcard from Bill Trice. ...more

December 10, 2008

Long-time planning and zoning members Anna Liisa Covell and Anthony Palmieri said goodbye Monday. ...more

December 9, 2008

Long-time planning and zoning members Anna Liisa Covell and Anthony Palmieri said goodbye Monday. ...more

December 9, 2008

Since Sumter County folded its emergency management operations into the sheriff's office about 10 years ago, the arrangement has been "working perfectly," said Judd Wright, director of the Sumter County Emergency Management Department. ...more

November 27, 2008

'Working perfectly' in Sumter County ...more

November 27, 2008