Should Brandon have estate-size lots or city-style lots with homes built close to the roads? ...more

March 25, 2009

As the nation's attention is focused on solving the economic crisis, more people are turning to the Highlands County Health Department for primary medical care and youth dental care. ...more

February 24, 2009

By the time the next edition of In The Loop hits the streets, America will have a new president. Barack Hussein Obama will be sworn in as the 44th commander in chief Jan. 20. ...more

January 14, 2009

The letter from the surrogate of Brian Blair (Letters, Nov. 26) aptly sums up why he lost. Arrogant delusion might be a good way to describe it. Once I read "One of the most popular political figures in Tampa Bay," I thought what mood altering drug is this person on? One of the most cringe-worthy buffoons in Tampa Bay, I could have bought. ...more

December 1, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio has proposed creating a citizens task force to study "green" policies and work on implementing a citywide energy conservation initiative. ...more

November 27, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio has proposed creating a citizens task force to study green policies and work on implementing a citywide energy conservation initiative. The mayor's pitch comes one week ahead of a vote by the Tampa City Council on renewal of a franchise agreement with Tampa Electric Co. and amid criticism from environmental groups over her administration's reluctance to push for "green" concessions from the utility. ...more

November 26, 2008

Taxpayers didn't purchase conservation lands all across Hillsborough County only to have developers access subdivisions through the middle of them, South Shore residents told a county official last week. ...more

November 26, 2008

Rep. Henry Waxman - a liberal ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi - has wrested the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee from veteran Rep. John Dingell when the new Congress convenes in January. ...more

November 20, 2008

Some council members wanted to push green policies, a renewable energy program, even the burying of power lines. ...more

November 15, 2008

A half-century ago, an East German communist demanded that the people exhibit more confidence in their rulers. "Would it not be easier," the poet Bertolt Brecht responded, "for the government to dissolve the people and elect another?" Though aimed at a long-ago Stalinist, Brecht's gibe comes alarmingly close to describing how legislators in many states keep themselves in power. ...more

November 8, 2008