Stop Texting and Drive! That's the "message" that state Sen. Carey Baker is sending to Florida drivers who exchange short text messages on their cell phones and other handheld devices while en route. ...more

February 16, 2009

Households throughout Hillsborough County will be scouring boundary maps during the next several days now that the school board is preparing to sign off on plans that would shuffle thousands of students. ...more

January 24, 2009

Questions will fly in households throughout Hillsborough County during the next several days now that the school board is preparing to sign off on plans that would shuffle thousands of students. ...more

January 23, 2009

Some of the most crowded high schools in northern and eastern Hillsborough County would see relief under new attendance zones the school district proposed Thursday. ...more

January 23, 2009

Some of most crowded high schools in northern and eastern Hillsborough County would see relief under new attendance zones the school district proposed today. ...more

January 22, 2009

The bids are in for the proposed judicial center. Now it's a matter of grading them. ...more

January 18, 2009

Councilman Karl Nurse put in plants native to Florida and no longer needs to water the yard at an apartment building he owns. ...more

November 25, 2008

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Democratic officials said Wednesday. ...more

November 19, 2008

A long struggle over what kind of milk counts as organic is coming to a head. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently issued draft rules that would require that the cows be on pasture at least half the year and get plenty of fresh grass. The proposals are meant to close a loophole that allows some huge feedlots to sell their milk as organic, even though their cows rarely if ever get to graze on fresh grass. Advocates for family farms and consumers say that's not what shoppers think they're buying when they pay a premium for organic milk. The public comment period on the draft rules runs through Dec. 23. ...more

November 18, 2008

TECO'S REQUESTS Tampa Electric Co. is asking to increase what it bills customers for base electric rates and fuel costs. If both proposals are approved by state regulators, electric bills would rise 21 percent by next summer. Here is what 1,000 kilowatt hours would cost under the proposals: ...more

November 1, 2008