Pax World Management Corp. has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine because it failed to follow its own socially responsible investing criteria over a five-year period, when two of its mutual funds invested in off-limits industries such as gambling and liquor, and oil and gas exploration. ...more

July 31, 2008

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae get the promise of government subsidy and protection to avoid the terrible pain of bankruptcy. Bear Stearns gets a government guaranteed bailout. ...more

July 20, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Superintendent Heather Fiorentino was ready to do a little bragging Tuesday after the Florida Department of Education released the state's annual report card that grades schools and school districts. ...more

July 9, 2008

Superintendent Heather Fiorentino was ready to do a little bragging Tuesday after the Florida Department of Education released the state's annual report card that grades schools and school districts. The Pasco County School District, a perennial B, earned an A this year. "We are absolutely thrilled," Fiorentino said. For individual schools in the district, there were 29 A's, 20 B's, 17 C's and two D's. Pasco has never had an F school. ...more

July 8, 2008

This letter is in regard to the Wednesday, June 25, article titled, "Teacher raises spark discussion among board." ...more

June 28, 2008

TAMPA It was supposed to be the shining example of downtown Tampa's revitalization. A luxury condominium with a name recognizable around the globe. ...more

June 19, 2008

The city has a new fire chief - for now. Capt. Tim Sirois was tapped Tuesday to run the fire department after last week's sudden resignation of public safety director Matt Brewi. ...more

May 21, 2008

Howie Carroll, the embattled director of Hillsborough County's affordable housing office, has been demoted but will continue working for the county. ...more

May 20, 2008

County Commissioner Brian Blair wants fellow board member Rose Ferlita to apologize for comments she made about losing her position on the Tampa Port Authority during a reorganization session Thursday. ...more

November 10, 2007

Thursday marked a new era in the leadership of the Hillsborough County Commission. ...more

November 9, 2007