This year, with school boards facing austere budgets, the Hillsborough and Pasco school districts revisited their fees and school-use policies in an effort to better cover expenses. ...more

November 23, 2009

Florida will be the third-largest state by 2014. We need a plan to deal with our traffic woes beyond simply spending tax money on widening roads. The referendum on rail transit and other transportation needs allows the voters to finally address our congestion issues. ...more

November 23, 2009

Florida's unemployment rate increased slightly to 11.2 percent in October, while the Tampa Bay area's rate decreased slightly to 11.7 percent, according to figures released Friday. ...more

November 21, 2009

One of the questions central to next year's vote on an additional sales tax for transit and roads in Hillsborough County is what happens if the tax is rejected. What's plan B? ...more

November 21, 2009

While other student musicians were in full swing in the band room at Stewart Middle School, 14-year-old Benjamin Pittman sat tucked away in the band director's office, staring at a computer screen and caught up in a musical world of his own. ...more

November 21, 2009

The parent company of the St. Petersburg Times is selling the last of the company's Washington-based publications. ...more

November 21, 2009

In a time of slashed budgets, declining revenue, staff reductions and dismal donations, here's some good news: ...more

November 21, 2009

Like unstoppable zombies, some retail stores keep crawling their way back from the dead to ask, "How can I help you today?" ...more

November 20, 2009

More households across the country last year lacked enough money for food than any year since the federal government began tracking statistics in 1995. In 2008, 17 million, or nearly 15 percent of the nation's roughly 118 million households could not afford adequate food, a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. ...more

November 17, 2009

National League Rookie of the Year Chris Coghlan had spent most of his career as an infielder. ...more

November 17, 2009