Hillsborough County is facing a budget deficit of at least $110 million in fiscal year 2010 due, in large part, to reduced property tax revenue. ...more

March 19, 2009

Hillsborough County is facing a budget deficit of at least $110 million in fiscal year 2010 due, in large part, to reduced property tax revenue. ...more

March 18, 2009

Barbara Stewart, who recently began her second four-year term as a county commissioner and was elected chairman of the commission, will be the guest speaker at today's meeting of the Highlands County Homeowners Association. ...more

December 8, 2008

Recently I received in the mail a red-on-white circular. In red letters it said "Evidence Scandal Erupts." It credits Stephen Newell with disclosing information about the operation of the Highlands County Sheriff's Department. I have two questions for Mr. David Murell, (Police Benevolent Association) PBA executive director. What does the state director of the PBA have to do with county operations (politics?) How can this be in any manner considered benevolence? ...more

October 18, 2008

Cemex Inc. is being sued by the federal government for allegedly failing to properly pay more than $5 million in overtime back wages to some 2,000 truck drivers in eight states, including Florida. ...more

September 27, 2008

I just did the arithmetic based on your front page story about THE Bus. Rounding the average ridership down to 600, given that the county annual payment is $600,000, the county pays an average of less than $1,000 per rider per year. Since THE Bus only runs for five days a week, that's $3.85 per rider per day and 32 cents per rider per operating hour. ...more

June 25, 2008

Allegations have been leveled against the county's budget director for excessively overbilling enterprise departments and transferring the money to the general fund. ...more

June 3, 2008

Allegations of excessive overbilling of enterprise funds. ...more

June 2, 2008