Pasco County's taxable property value dropped by $3 billion - or nearly 10 percent - during a yearlong period ending Jan. 1, while new construction amounted to half of what it was in the previous year, Property Appraiser Mike Wells said Thursday. ...more

May 30, 2008

A government-backed mortgage bailout is needed, and it must be done right away. ...more

May 10, 2008

Almost every day, the sounds of screeching tires and crunching metal can be heard near the traffic-choked crossroads of U.S. 19 and Ridge Road. ...more

February 26, 2008

Drivers who run red lights are one step closer to having their infractions documented by cameras ...more

February 20, 2008

State lawmakers on Tuesday unveiled a series of immigration-related bills aimed at making it tougher to hire illegal immigrants, limiting public services they can receive and penalizing anyone who brings them into Florida. ...more

February 6, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The local school district collected fewer sales tax dollars from Penny for Pasco in the first 10 months of 2007 than in the same period the previous year, officials reported Tuesday. ...more

January 23, 2008

Two North Pinellas cities, Dunedin and Oldsmar, held firm and weathered a financial storm created in late 2007 by a run of investors on the Florida Local Government Investment Pool. Now they say that decision is paying financial rewards. ...more

January 19, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Should the town take the money and run or is land better? At last week's meeting, town attorney Bert Harris III asked the town council to consider whether impact fees negotiated with builders should be extracted in cash or land. ...more

December 19, 2007

The swing set that collapsed on a 2-year-old Palmetto girl Sunday, leaving her in a coma, was not anchored in the ground, a witness said. ...more

December 11, 2007

Joe Johnston III of Brooksville has been reappointed to another three-year term on the Withlacoochee Regional Planning Council. ...more

November 24, 2007