NEW PORT RICHEY The Pasco County Commission today briefly discussed the possibility of hiring only nonsmokers. ...more

May 27, 2008

The My Safe Florida Home program complaint rate, after serving hundreds of thousands of Floridians, is less than 1 percent. ...more

May 20, 2008

Change might be blowing in the wind for insurance coverage for hurricanes and other natural disasters, Pasco County Commissioner Jack Mariano thinks. Mariano has been pushing hard for a nationwide fund for catastrophic insurance. Various proposals have been floating around for the past 12 years. ...more

February 23, 2008

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers plan to raise ticket prices again next year, the sixth year in a row. ...more

February 22, 2008

"Experience has shown that increasing taxes on cigarettes is one of the most effective strategies for reducing the level of smoking, especially among adolescents ..." ...more

February 19, 2008

For weeks, it appeared three warehouses were being built on a residential stretch of South Lois Avenue. ...more

February 9, 2008

My Safe Florida Home officials like to brag about how much money the hurricane inspection and grant program is saving homeowners on their wind insurance premiums. ...more

February 6, 2008

A $10,000 grant will go toward rebates on the costs to spay or neuter up to 200 pit bulls, in conjunction with Spay Day USA in February. The funds will also help educate residents about pet adoption, Rosemary Lyons, education coordinator for Pasco County Animal Services, explained in a press release. ...more

January 30, 2008

It's become a familiar drumbeat among some Highlands County residents every time there is a mention of the downturn in the local real-estate market. Blame impact fees. Sure, impact fees add to the cost of a new home but what about hundreds of existing homes for sale. There is no impact fee weighing those houses down. The real-estate market in Highlands County is suffering for the same reasons that plague it nationwide. Buyers are waiting for prices to fall down further, the state's insurance premiums and property taxes are keeping homes out of the reach of average homeowners, and lenders have become extra wary of who they want to lend to. ...more

January 15, 2008

Capital Pawn is out to shatter stereotypes of the industry: chained rows of rusting bicycles at the entry of a dimly lighted store full of dusty shelves crammed with old power tools and a clientele of shady customers. ...more

January 7, 2008