Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful, a nonprofit organization aimed at keeping the county free of litter, has started a pilot program in the Mango, Seffner and Thonotosassa areas called Trash Troopers. ...more

July 13, 2008

Six states are getting the OK to write their own prescriptions for ailing schools under the Bush administration's signature education law. ...more

July 2, 2008

SEBRING — New houses are beginning to spring up in Sebring's newest housing subdivision not far from Sebring High School, providing needed jobs and a quality home for average folks needing a house. Part of the subdivision will be solely for workforce affordable housing with state financing assistance, for those who qualify. One hundred and 50 homes will be built over the next 18 months in this gated community, with 50 available only to people who qualify for the state's Community Workforce Innovative Pilot Program. Better known as "CWHIP," the program gives working people in vital jobs, with income limits, at least $50,000 and, in some cases, $60,000 off the price of these new homes. ...more

June 27, 2008

The weak dollar, high cost of fuel and additional luggage fees may put a damper on summer vacation plans. ...more

June 27, 2008

As the school district prepares to expand its cost-cutting school bus route plans to other parts of Hillsborough County, Pearl Chiarenza feels the pain of parents upset with proposed changes in their neighborhoods. ...more

June 18, 2008

"Politics," the late American newspaper editor and writer Charles Dudley Warner once quipped, "makes strange bedfellows." ...more

June 15, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist's 2007-08 fiscal year budget was lean, and that foreshadowed tough financial times for local governments that depend on state money. ...more

June 12, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - With gas hovering around $4 a gallon, one less day of driving to the office can make a big difference. ...more

June 11, 2008

SARASOTA - The Sweetbay Supermarket at Clark Road and Honore Avenue has started a pilot program that, if successful, could be implemented throughout the chain. ...more

June 10, 2008

It's interesting to note that among the nine Florida community colleges which joined a pilot program to create a new state college system in which two-year institutions becomes ones granting four-year degrees, every school had dropped the word "community" from its name. ...more

June 8, 2008