Two years ago, local environmentalist Mariella Smith asked Hillsborough County to consider buying a piece of property to connect wetlands near the Little Manatee River with a rare scrub habitat and creek system near Manatee County. ...more

August 20, 2008

Commissioner District 3 (Republican) Republican Matt Matey, candidate for County Commission District 3, will run against the incumbent, Ann Hildebrand, and challenger Wil Nickerson in the Aug. 26 GOP primary. ...more

August 16, 2008

Hillsborough residents with homes built before June 18, 1980, can get reduced flood insurance rates if they hurry. ...more

August 15, 2008

Kevin Beckner likes to say that he is the best choice to win the District 6 County Commission seat because his two Democratic opponents in the primary have together lost nine elections. ...more

August 10, 2008

Less than a year after Hillsborough County agreed to accept and maintain the Kinnan Street extension, commissioners are being asked to close it again to traffic. ...more

August 8, 2008

Supporters of a proposed Florida constitutional amendment requiring voters to approve changes in local growth management plans told a federal judge Wednesday that a host of discrepancies and problems improperly blocked the measure from the November ballot. ...more

August 7, 2008

Less than a year after Hillsborough County agreed to accept and maintain the Kinnan Street extension, commissioners are being asked to close it again to traffic. ...more

August 6, 2008

The issue of lowering impact fees and qualifying for access to a state grant for first-time home buyers to help kickstart the local economy will be discussed in today's county commission meeting. ...more

August 5, 2008

PORT RICHEY -- In a year in which all economic news seems to be bad, cities everywhere have been holding their collective breath in anticipation of the release of budgets for the next fiscal year. So there was a nearly giddy sigh of relief July 24 when City Manager Richard Reade presented the City Council with his fiscal 2009 budget proposal. ...more

August 2, 2008

Less than a year after Hillsborough County agreed to accept and maintain the Kinnan Street extension, commissioners are being asked to close it again to traffic. ...more

August 1, 2008