A convenience store owner won tentative approval from the city council to sell beer and wine despite objections from three neighborhood and civic associations. ...more

October 8, 2008

City council members approved Mayor Pam Iorio's $836 million budget Wednesday, keeping the property tax rate the same for the next fiscal year. ...more

September 25, 2008

In her first visit to a Temple Crest Civic Association meeting since being elected to Tampa City Council, Mary Mulhern knew she would be asked about the residents' campaign to get traffic-calming devices installed on neighborhood streets. ...more

September 17, 2008

The cost of everything else is going up, but city property taxes won't. ...more

September 11, 2008

The city council has OK'd a rezoning allowing for a three-story, Mediterranean-style law office in the neighborhood's historic district. ...more

August 27, 2008

Tampa City Council members congratulated themselves last week for fashioning a "compromise" in the salary dispute with the city's firefighters. ...more

August 27, 2008

A hit-and-run driver has given Terry Neal more ammunition to push for lower speed limits on River Hills Drive. ...more

August 13, 2008

To some artists, Tampa's buildings are canvases. In 2006, about half a dozen artists used lights on buildings to brighten up downtown. ...more

July 18, 2008

A local engineer and political activist says the referendum language on the county mayor issue is vague and inaccurate and has filed a lawsuit to have the issue taken off November's ballot. ...more

July 8, 2008

Incumbents in two state House districts representing Central and South Tampa face opposition in their campaigns for reelection. ...more

June 28, 2008