The cost for getting electricity kept growing, but the prices for customers remained fairly even during the past 20 years, according to Progress Energy. ...more

November 7, 2009

Cruise operator Carnival Corp. said increased summer bookings from last-minute getaway seekers combined with falling fuel costs to help it beat third-quarter profit forecasts. ...more

September 23, 2009

Has anyone done the math? As a taxpayer I would like to know the fuel costs of Air Force One, chopper and the four-engine job, since this president has taken his place in the oval office. We all know he has spent many hours with his family, using these aircrafts for world travel including hops to places for sight seeing vacations. ...more

September 16, 2009

Progress Energy customers in Florida can look forward to an extra quarter or so in their pocket each month next year, thanks to a $7.6 million refund imposed by state regulators. ...more

July 1, 2009

State regulators will meet today to set higher rates for customers of Tampa Electric Co. ...more

April 7, 2009

Commercial lobster fishermen in the Florida Keys say a "disastrous" spiny lobster harvesting season has come to an end. ...more

March 31, 2009

Air Force Tanker Deal Your editorial "Long Delay In Tanker Deal Will Hurt Nation's Security" (March 17) correctly noted the profligate costs - a full tripling of the ultimate cost to taxpayers - of delaying the U.S. Air Force's acquisition of new aerial refueling tankers. And no one disagrees about the urgent need to buy new tankers. The current fleet is 50 years old. ...more

March 29, 2009

Blame it on fuel. Electricity bills in Hernando County are nearly 50 percent higher today than they were 10 years ago. ...more

March 27, 2009

Progress Energy customers will see an 11-percent decrease in their monthly bills beginning in April. ...more

March 18, 2009

Strawberries are one of the success stories in Florida's economic crisis, state Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson said. ...more

March 11, 2009