Hillsborough County school board members today voted to accept a $100 million education grant from the Gates foundation. ...more

November 17, 2009

Company hopes to create 100 jobs B/O/T/H, a company that provides back-office help to independent contractors, could win up to $850,000 in tax refunds if it creates 100 jobs, a news release states. B/O/T/H, which stands for Back of the House, is opening a corporate headquarters in St. Petersburg. The company provides services such as IT, billing and collections to self-employed contractors. ...more

September 1, 2009

Can you hear it? That's opportunity knocking for K. Hovnanian home buyers. ...more

March 29, 2009

Dangling enough dollars in front of smokers who want to quit helps many more succeed, an experiment with hundreds of General Electric Co. workers indicates. Among those paid up to $750 to quit and stay off cigarettes, 15 percent were still tobacco-free about a year later. That may not sound like much, but it's three times the success rate of a comparison group that got no such bonuses. ...more

February 12, 2009

Help has finally arrived, at least for two people. County commissioners Wednesday approved bid awards paving the way for rehabilitation work to get under way for residents Barbara Coral and Curtis Niles to get improvements done on their houses. ...more

January 15, 2009

County Commissioner Jeff Stabins' self-styled economic stimulus program will be expanded a second time to try and drum up interest in the community. ...more

November 29, 2008

County Commissioner Rose Rocco said it is vital Hernando County gain a reputation of being a "business-friendly community." ...more

October 23, 2008

County officials on Monday expanded Commissioner Jeff Stabins' self-styled economic recovery program, better known as HELP, to another section of the community. ...more

October 21, 2008

Handicapped, disabled now eligible. ...more

October 21, 2008

Republican Jeff Stabins says he needs another four years on the District 1 county commission board to finish some of the initiatives he started. ...more

October 18, 2008