City police have dropped their union representation. Records show Thursday's vote was unanimous to break off ties with the Pinellas County Police Benevolent Association. Officers narrowly adopted the union about a year ago by a margin of one vote. ...more

August 1, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School Board gave initial approval Tuesday evening to a budget of nearly $1.2 billion for 2009-10. ...more

July 29, 2009

I read in the edition of July 25 how the county administration is unsure where to cut the budget to relieve the "gap." How about this: Let's start at the top and work our way down! Instead of cutting pay to the lower paid employees give the top administrators and department heads a 10 percent cut. ...more

July 28, 2009

Barring any delays or weather-related problems, the Hernando County beach dredge project could be finished by February 2010. ...more

July 18, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio said today her administration has reached an impasse in contract talks with the three unions representing city employees. ...more

July 14, 2009

Thursday evening's public hearing on Hillsborough County's 2010 budget has been relocated to the All People's Life Center, 6105 E. Sligh Ave., Tampa, at 6 p.m. ...more

July 13, 2009

A new union contract used to mean an annual pay raise for city police and firefighters. But in today's lean economic times, those are days of the past. ...more

July 10, 2009

What is happening to our county? ...more

July 4, 2009

Florida returned more than $173 million in unclaimed property during the past budget year. ...more

July 3, 2009

The Tampa Police Department announced today that it will cut 36 civilian positions from its 2010 budget, although only four employees will lose their jobs. ...more

July 1, 2009