I am writing about a subject I have never seen discussed in your columns. I wish to warn others about it so they will know what to expect if they take advantage of these offers and beware of what they will not be told up front. ...more

March 19, 2010

City leaders don't want a repeat of the disputed 2000 census count, which showed a drop in population, so they're working to ensure everyone gets counted this year. ...more

March 17, 2010

The tiny town of San Antonio in Pasco County wants to make sure census officials count every on of its residents this year. In 2000, the census missed a couple of hundred people, and that's a big deal when the official tally is less than 700. ...more

March 16, 2010

Officials with the Tampa Bay Rays will turn Tropicana Field into a "baseball nightclub" after Friday home games in hopes of luring 5,000 to 10,000 more fans on a night that historically has had low attendance. ...more

March 16, 2010

Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 11.9 percent in January 2010, up 0.2 percentage point from the December revised rate of 11.7 percent, and up from 8.7 percent a year ago, according to the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation. ...more

March 14, 2010

The director of the Children's Cancer Center in Tampa said she doesn't know how or why disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich picked the center for his charity on "The Celebrity Apprentice." ...more

March 14, 2010

Today's game against the Phillies at Charlotte Sports Park has been rained out. Meantime, Dioner Navarro and Matt Joyce gave optimistic updates on their injuries. ...more

March 12, 2010

The 2010 census will be arriving soon in mailboxes across the Tampa Bay area. The Census Bureau is sending out 120 million 10-question forms to residential addresses across the country. They should start landing in mailboxes next week, census officials say. ...more

March 11, 2010

The long cold days made me revert to thinking and dreaming about my garden rather than doing much so I got out my catalogs, cranked up the Web and ordered seeds with great expectations. ...more

March 10, 2010

There is nothing conservative about allowing out-of-state merchants to escape Florida's sales tax. It shows contempt for the law, increases the need for other fees and taxes and penalizes in-state retailers who create jobs and pay a variety of local taxes. ...more

March 8, 2010