Two Republican Bay area members of the U.S. House have said they would support giving up their annual, automatic, $4,700 pay raise this year because of the country's struggling economy. Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor of Tampa said today she probably would support a vote to take back the pay raise, which went into effect Thursday. ...more

January 5, 2009

Long before Barack Obama and John McCain were nominated to run for president last year, tour group organizers in Europe were eagerly planning all-night, post-U.S. election parties. ...more

January 4, 2009

OVERSEAS VISITORS AND DOMESTIC TOURISM: The Travel Industry Association urges Obama to create a welcoming first impression. An enhanced visa waiver program could benefit Tampa Bay area hotels and attractions with more visitors - from Brazil, for example. ...more

January 4, 2009

Hillsborough Television's "County Connections" program will feature local experts talking about the mounting housing foreclosure crisis. ...more

January 3, 2009

Here's a few of the dozens of commemorative resolutions sponsored or co-sponsored this session by Florida's two U.S. senators and the Tampa Bay area members of the U.S. House. ...more

December 26, 2008

Three Bay area members of Congress — Reps. Gus Bilirakis, Kathy Castor and Adam Putnam — say they intend to launch new congressional efforts to create a free-mail-to-troops program for service members in combat zones. ...more

December 23, 2008

Encore, the planned Central Park Village redevelopment, would boost Tampa's economy by creating thousands of jobs - both short-term construction jobs and hundreds of permanent positions. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA -- Encore, the planned Central Park Village redevelopment, would boost Tampa's economy by creating thousands of jobs –- both short-term construction jobs and hundreds of permanent positions. The Tampa Housing Authority is pushing those jobs as a means to spur interest in breaking ground on the mixed-use, mixed-income community it is developing with Bank of America on Nebraska Avenue. ...more

December 9, 2008

A slate of candidates backed by outgoing Hillsborough County Republican Party Chairman David Storck won all the local party offices Tuesday, led by Deborah Cox Roush, who replaced Storck as chairman. ...more

December 4, 2008

straight from lenders and housing counselors. ...more

December 4, 2008