Low-income housing developer Sylvia Alvarez, whose most recent project faces foreclosure, has been approved for a $50,000 federal grant through Hillsborough County's Affordable Housing Office. ...more

December 31, 2008

The fiscal year ending Sept. 30 saw about 200 businesses start up in the area west of the University of South Florida. ...more

December 24, 2008

The fiscal year ending Sept. 30 saw about 200 businesses start up in the area west of the University of South Florida. ...more

December 24, 2008

It has been a decade since Florida started the controversial practice of grading schools and Tuesday's release of school grades from the Florida Department of Education added a celebratory note to the milestone. The results indicate that school accountability is doing just what it was intended to do: revealing what progress is - and is not occurring - in our schools. ...more

July 9, 2008