The year 2009 has dawned. In the nation's capital, Barack Obama and Congress will soon begin trying to pull the nation out of a severe recession. We just hope they don't do anything to delay the recovery that would happen on its own, absent major interference from the political sector. In Tallahassee, state lawmakers will soon tackle a $2.3 billion budget shortfall. Here's hoping they don't try to solve that problem with taxes that invariably fail to raise the amounts of revenue their supporters claim. ...more

January 3, 2009

A state consultant thinks he may have an answer about why Tampa Bay Water's regional reservoir wasn't built according to plan, but he says he isn't sure how it was missed. ...more

August 27, 2008

Hillsborough County's regional reservoir could be out of commission for several years while engineers try to fix cracks in the reservoir's inner walls. ...more

August 19, 2008