The emotional rhetoric offered historically and in recent editorials to continue the Environmental Protection Commission's wetlands permitting program is missing one important thing: facts that document that Hillsborough County is more successful in protecting wetlands with EPC than other counties that don't have such a group. ...more

March 21, 2009

Here's a shovel-ready stimulus project guaranteed to give the sluggish economy a swift kick in the pants: my own federally subsidized hot tub. ...more

March 1, 2009

The county's Ridge Road extension could become a road to nowhere. ...more

February 18, 2009

Highlights of the $787 billion bill signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama. Additional debt costs would add about $330 billion over 10 years. Many provisions expire in two years. ...more

February 17, 2009

A comparison of the $827 billion economic recovery plan drafted by Senate Democrats and moderate Republicans with an $820 billion version passed by the House. Additional debt costs would add about $350 billion or more over 10 years. Many provisions expire in two years. ...more

February 7, 2009

Pasco leaders hope to stop and get directions next week about how much federal stimulus money the county might expect for road projects here. Proposals for the federal aid package have been changing almost daily, Doug Uden, the county's transportation planning coordinator, said. ...more

February 7, 2009

County commissioners Tuesday approved the 10th alteration to the plans for the Ridge Road extension, adding nearly $500,000 to the cost of the controversial project that would add a third link between western Pasco County and U.S. 41. ...more

January 28, 2009

Federal regulators say they haven't decided whether they'll hold a public hearing to discuss whether to issue a new development permit for the Cypress Creek Town Center. ...more

January 21, 2009

Federal regulators say they haven't decided yet if they'll hold a public hearing to discuss whether to issue a new development permit for the Cypress Creek Town Center. ...more

January 20, 2009

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will let stand a lower court ruling that guarantees, for the time being, a sustained flow of water to Florida's Apalachicola River but unravels Georgia's long-term water plans for the Atlanta region. ...more

January 13, 2009