The mud is likely to fly when Tampa City Council holds a public hearing Tuesday on a plan to clean clogged canals in South Tampa neighborhoods. ...more

December 17, 2007

Officials from Coral Gables and Orlando have avoided a potentially ugly fight over the right to the nickname "The City Beautiful." ...more

December 3, 2007

Setting up another confrontation with congressional Democrats over the war in Iraq, President Bush sent Congress a $45.9 billion emergency funding request Monday for expenses related to U.S. military campaigns. ...more

October 23, 2007

The House will vote by year's end on legislation that would shield reporters from being forced to reveal their sources in some cases in federal court, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. ...more

October 5, 2007

SAFETY HARBOR — Safety Harbor is not ready for a traffic circle. Some residents in the neighborhood where Philippe Parkway, Church Street and First Avenue North almost meet asked the city to connect the various intersections with a traffic circle. ...more

October 3, 2007

Some voters and officials are irritated at Circuit Judge Charles A. Francis for standing in the way of lower property taxes. He ruled that the wording of a proposed constitutional amendment is so misleading that it cannot go as written on the January ballot. ...more

September 28, 2007