Former Hillsborough County Commissioner Brian Blair walked out of Orient Road Jail this morning, released without bail a day after he was accused of beating up his two sons on Father's Day. ...more

June 22, 2009

After a long wait, the Northdale community has a trail that will connect it to Lake Park. ...more

June 15, 2009

The Hillsborough County Commission heard from its Citizens Advisory Committee on Thursday about a host of issues that the appointed board hopes to address this year. ...more

May 15, 2009

Hillsborough County will hold a public meeting to discuss traffic problems along Montara Drive from Kingsway Road to Sagamore Street, near the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and South Kingsway Road in the Seffner area Monday. ...more

May 4, 2009

I read where the Hillsborough County Commission will take part in any county furloughs. Big deal. I suppose they will be sitting around in sackcloth. The pay freeze and no travel are both a given, so they shouldn't break their arms patting themselves on the backs for that sacrifice. The good news is that while the commission is on furlough, they won't be micromanaging our government. ...more

April 10, 2009

City Councilman John Dingfelder has filed to run for a Hillsborough County Commission seat in 2010. ...more

April 10, 2009

The Hillsborough County Commission instructed its staff Wednesday to begin preparing a referendum on a 1-cent sales tax increase for transportation projects, including light rail. ...more

April 2, 2009

The Hillsborough County Commission instructed its staff this morning to start drafting language for a referendum on a 1 cent sales tax for transportation projects, including light rail. ...more

April 1, 2009

"April," T.S. Eliot warned us at the beginning of his epic 1922 poem, "is the cruelest month." ...more

April 1, 2009

Business prospects are in danger of drying up for local sod farmers and the companies that purchase, deliver and install the turf. ...more

March 31, 2009