If you are one of the thousands of Hillsborough County voters who get to the end of their ballots this election and are stopped in your tracks at the Soil and Water Conservation District race, you are not alone. This easily is the most obscure race on the ballot, and the candidates the most unfamiliar. ...more

October 18, 2008

Don't flush your money down your toilet, Pasco County officials are urging residents. Rebates up to $100 have arrived for Pasco Utilities customers who replace old toilets with water-sipping, low-flow models. ...more

August 21, 2008

Don't flush your money down your toilet, Pasco County officials are urging residents. Rebates up to $100 finally have arrived for Pasco Utilities customers who replace old toilets with water-sipping, low-flow models. ...more

August 13, 2008

Hillside Mobile Home in Zephyrhills will be connected to city water and sewer service, but residents will pay for the change. ...more

July 15, 2008

Opponents of a proposed landfill outside of Dade City want the Zephyrhills City Council to pass a resolution opposing the project. ...more

July 14, 2008

Although the volume of prescription drugs and drug ingredients coming into the country from foreign manufacturers in developing nations such as India and China has exploded in recent years, the Food and Drug Administration's budget for foreign inspections has not kept pace. And it will be lower in 2008 than it was in 2002, congressional investigators said. ...more

November 1, 2007

The real estate appraiser involved in dozens of inflated home price transactions uncovered by The Tampa Tribune last year relinquished his professional license. ...more

October 27, 2007

Two weeks after the former head of a regulatory agency was given $25,000 in severance pay, Hillsborough County commissioners said they need a policy to deal with high-ranking employees who are fired or resign under duress. ...more

September 20, 2007