With a $28.8 million drop in revenue expected in the next fiscal year, Pasco County officials are asking the public to weigh in on the county's future during a series of two-hour meetings beginning today. The meetings will address ways to make local government more efficient, while touching on future planning, economic development and other issues. "Some of these decisions are being heightened by the [property tax] shortfall," said Mike Nurrenbrock, director of the county's office of management and budget. "Some of the questions are: If we need to reduce services, which ones? And what affect will that have? ...more

March 30, 2009

Like much of Cuba's work force, Alfredo Congas is going gray. ...more

March 27, 2009

Philip Morris should be ordered to pay more than $130 million to the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer in a case that could blaze a legal trail for about 8,000 similar Florida lawsuits, the family's attorney told a jury Tuesday. ...more

February 17, 2009

Former Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson held a voting-machine company responsible for a bungled November election count, but it didn't stop him from asking the vendor for a job. ...more

February 7, 2009

One of the facts of political life in Florida has long been that the party in power after the 10-year U.S. census gets to overhaul legislative and congressional districts without regard to existing geographical boundaries or communities. ...more

February 4, 2009

the football game of the year, the world coming to town - and Tampa still hasn't got its act together. ...more

January 14, 2009

Voters swarmed the locations Sunday that were still offering a chance to cast a ballot before Election Day. ...more

November 2, 2008

SEBRING — Raymond McIntyre's office generated an interesting set of numbers this week: 222 people have moved to Highlands County, and brought their Save Our Homes tax exemptions with them. ...more

June 28, 2008

It's the last day of school and a thunderstorm brews nearby as 11-year-old Jessica Sabogal sums up why she likes the Jackson Springs Recreation Center. ...more

June 11, 2008

Not A Good Day Regarding "Bowl Game Is Approved For St. Petersburg" (Sports, May 1): ...more

May 8, 2008