The county hopes to have in place by June 1 a plan to help move low-income people into foreclosed homes. ...more

April 1, 2009

County hopes to start it by June 1. ...more

March 31, 2009

Only one citizen took advantage of the required 15-day comment period regarding the proposed Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) up for discussion at Tuesday's special commission meeting. ...more

March 29, 2009

With hundreds of homes currently in foreclosure in Hernando County, it didn't take much impetus for county commissioners to green-light a program designed to help alleviate the situation. ...more

March 11, 2009

Following an 8.4 percent decrease last year, the total taxable value of property in Highlands County could drop by more than twice that rate this year, according to Highlands County Property Appraiser Raymond McIntyre. ...more

February 10, 2009

A settlement with billboard companies scheduled to go before Tampa City Council today offers members a painful choice: allow distracting digital signs in some areas of town or face interminable litigation. ...more

January 22, 2009

The city council is expected to vote Thursday on a settlement to end a more than decade-old dispute with two companies over the number of billboards they can put up. ...more

January 20, 2009

The city council is expected to vote Thursday on settlement to end a more than decade-old dispute with two companies over the number of billboards they can put up. ...more

January 19, 2009

Last-minute negotiations between representatives of a neighborhood group and two advertising companies forced the city council on Thursday to postpone a vote on a settlement aimed at reducing the number of billboards that can be put up across the city. ...more

December 19, 2008

Bargain hunters continue to snatch distressed homes as prices plummet in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

November 25, 2008