With the economical benefits of legalized marijuana working for Colorado, is your state the next in line?
A recent report from Washington lays out damage done by last month’s government shutdown.
A new report issued by the United Nations says we are. What do you think?
The fair is in association with the Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance, Hillsborough Community College SouthShore and Hillsborough County government.
Coyote sightings in the Tampa Bay area are nothing new, but reports of aggressive behavior are sending up some red flags.
A TECO rate hike has been approved.
The passion to fight a big-box retail development on Bloomingdale Avenue has not waned over the summer months. New steps are being taken.
See what's planned for the heavily traveled Bell Shoals Road, from Boyette Road to Bloomingdale Avenue. The project is "in design," according to Hillsborough County spokesperson Steve Valdez.
Check your Florida Powerball tickets for Wednesday night, Sept. 4, 2013. If you've got the numbers 2, 9 and 26 you're halfway there.
Monthly Tampa Electric bills for 2014 will be determined in December, after the PSC has voted on both the fuel and base-rate adjustments.
That mess you've been enduring on Boyette Road? Get ready, it's coming to Bell Shoals Road. A meeting to discuss the road-expansion project has been set.
A Pasco County man's court case brings to the forefront the issue of medical marijuana legalization in Florida.
In a public/private partnership, Hillsborough County will lease land to the YMCA at no cost and kick in $2 million for construction.
Several Hillsborough County preserves, the Lithia Springs swimming area and two canoe launches remain temporarily closed to the public due to high water.
A survey showed 11 percent of residents have taken no hurricane preparedness steps.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson swooped into Florida this week to demonstrate his dislike for Stand Your Ground. Even so, Florida's Republican lawmakers seem to be holding the line on the self-defense law. Should they?
The Florida Department of Health has confirmed that a horse in northwestern Hillsborough County was infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis.
The road will be closed until Aug. 1.
Automated garbage collection is coming soon. What do you plan to do with your old trash cans and recycling bins?
The deadline to apply to serve on county boards, councils and committees is Aug. 15.
The meeting will take place Tuesday, July 23 at 6:30 p.m. at East Bay High School Auditorium, 7710 Old Big Bend Rd. in Gibsonton.
Donna Lee Fore, whose family business, P.F. Auto Glass, has been in business close to 20 years, has announced her bid to run for the District 4 seat.
Hillsborough County will begin delivering the new roll carts for garbage in August.
A new hydrogen sulfide removal facility is now online at the Lithia Water Treatment Plant.
Commissioners also reaffirmed tentative support for Animal Services director Ian Hallett, but warned they would be “watching.”
The proposed tax exemption comes up on the county’s agenda during the Wednesday, July 17 commission meeting.
Hillsborough County Commissioners will hear a presentation from Ian Hallett, Animals Services’ director, during their regular meeting Wednesday, July 17.
Hillsborough County has released 300 air potato leaf beetles at Alderman's Ford Park and the Rhodine Scrub Nature to battle the invasive air potato plant.
The jury’s decision was read late Saturday night.
Officials said Trayvon Martin's family has asked for peace as the jury deliberates George Zimmerman's fate on second-degree murder charges.
Hillsborough County Commissioner Les Miller Jr. and members of the Hillsborough County Black Elected Officials organization plan to make a public appeal.
Construction barriers are up on Bloomingdale Avenue and Providence Road, with work under way "to better facilitate traffic flow and improve safety."
State Rep. Dwight Dudley will be the guest speaker at the July 9 meeting of the East Hillsborough County Democratic Club.
The Florida Legislature tweaked the red light camera law earlier this year.
Pay starts at $8 per completed survey.
The new laws range from a ban on bong sales for use to smoke illegal drugs to changes in red light camera rules.
The ice has been broken between residents opposed to a 44-acre Bloomingdale Avenue development and the developer behind the effort.
DOMA is the law barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by the states.