Hillsborough County appeared to be heading toward embracing the idea of purchasing and protecting undeveloped land, overwhelmingly approving an extension of a 21-year-old land preservation program. ...more

November 5, 2008

Hillsborough County has again embraced the idea of purchasing and protecting undeveloped land, overwhelmingly approving an extension of a 21-year-old land preservation program. ...more

November 4, 2008

Bennigan's may have new life under the ownership of an Atlanta-based investment firm. ...more

October 24, 2008

An Atlanta-based investment firm has purchased the Bennigan's restaurant brand name and rights to sell franchises of the casual dining chain. ...more

October 23, 2008

WHAT YOU WILL VOTE ON Hillsborough County voters will be asked on Nov. 4 to extend the Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program to allow for the purchase of more acreage for conservation. The amount taxpayers pay in property tax would remain the same as authorized in the existing program, which is set to expire, of up to 25 cents for every $1,000 of assessed property value. That's about $44 a year for a $225,000 house with homestead exemption. ...more

October 18, 2008

A pair of threatened Florida scrub jays stands watch atop a bare shrub overlooking one of the few patches of scrub habitat left in Hillsborough County. When trouble looms, they will warn the others with an unusual call: pssshhh, pssshhh, pssshhh. ...more

October 18, 2008

Environmentalists are hiking from one corner of Hillsborough County to another, beating paths to organizations they hope will back an extended land preservation program. ...more

October 13, 2008

Tampa-based Walter Industries Inc. said this morning that it has bought a coal producer in Alabama for $23.5 million. ...more

September 8, 2008

Publix Supermarkets plans to open at Britton Plaza in South Tampa ...more

September 5, 2008

There was a time when Pat Milam envisioned a retirement home on the 53 acres he once owned along the edge of Cockroach Bay. ...more

August 18, 2008