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

TOP 10 DELINQUENT HOMEOWNERS These 10 Hillsborough County homeowners have the highest unpaid tax bills for 2008: ...more

May 26, 2009

Military personnel deployed overseas would get an additional tax break on their primary homes under a ballot proposal the Florida House has unanimously passed. ...more

April 23, 2009

President Barack Obama's proposal to limit the tax deductibility of charitable contributions would effectively transfer more than $7 billion a year from the nation's charitable institutions to the federal government. But the high-income taxpayers affected by the rule change are likely to cut their charitable giving by as much as the increase in their tax bills, which would, ironically, leave their remaining income and personal consumption unchanged. ...more

March 29, 2009

President Obama's proposal to limit the tax deductibility of charitable contributions would effectively transfer more than $7 billion a year from the nation's charitable institutions to the federal government. But the high-income taxpayers affected by the rule change are likely to cut their charitable giving by as much as the increase in their tax bills, which would, ironically, leave their remaining income and personal consumption unchanged. ...more

March 29, 2009

The prospect for getting the permit soon to build a new section at the county landfill is brighter, but still far from certain, Utilities Director Joe Stapf told the county commission Tuesday. ...more

March 11, 2009

Florida voters last January approved Amendment One, which mandated an extra $25,000 homestead exemption on top of an existing $25,000 tax exemption on homestead properties. ...more

November 11, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama proposes a long list of tax gifts to help you to go to college, get a job, send your child to day care, buy a house and save for retirement. And after you retire he wants you to stop paying taxes. ...more

October 26, 2008

The city will hang on to the American Legion building after all, but it won't renew a $10,000-a-year lease for a downtown parking lot. ...more

September 24, 2008

Our county commissioners have done a good job of listening to voters' responses on the proposed budget for next year, and voters have done a good job of expressing their misgivings. ...more

September 15, 2008