After several months of tense negotiations, Tampa officials have hammered out a tentative agreement with the city's firefighters on a one-year contract. ...more

February 28, 2009

After several months of tense negotiations, Tampa officials have hammered out a tentative agreement with the city's firefighters on a one-year contract. ...more

February 27, 2009

With payroll costs steadily rising and property and sales tax revenue declining, the city is facing a projected deficit of more than $35 million in next year's budget. ...more

December 9, 2008

Once again Ms. Mary Wilson's statements are being called into question. You can't change facts. In regards to Mr. Strenth's letter where he refers to Mary's brochure as a "complete fabrication" when it comes to the figure for Mr. Germaine's compensation over the next four years if elected. ...more

October 28, 2008

After more than a year of negotiations, protests and a lawsuit, Tampa's firefighters won the pay increases they had been seeking. ...more

August 23, 2008

Hernando Classroom Teachers' Association officials still want 5.5 percent pay increases for teachers for the 2008-09 school year - like the one awarded in May to Superintendent Wayne Alexander - but are willing to work with the numbers. ...more

August 23, 2008

Whether it's fixing potholes or protecting neighborhoods from crime, Tampa residents will continue to get needed services despite city layoffs and property tax reductions, Mayor Pam Iorio pledged Thursday. ...more

August 8, 2008

The city budget will grow by almost 2 percent next year, Mayor Pam Iorio said today, and that is despite property tax reductions that have reduced revenue by a total of $28 million the past two years. ...more

August 7, 2008

A dust-up between the Hillsborough County Commission and the Tampa Sports Authority was defused Friday when Sports Authority executive director Henry Saavedra agreed the agency would significantly cut its administrative costs. ...more

July 19, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The annual step increases in pay for Pasco County School District employees will be postponed for at least a month as negotiators for the employees' union and the school district wait to get a better handle on the budget. ...more

July 1, 2008