TAMPA - More than 100 county jobs, including 12 upper-level positions, would be eliminated under a budget proposed today by Hillsborough County Administrator Pat Bean. ...more

June 4, 2008

SEBRING — The school district's state funding will be cut about $3.3 million for the 2008-09 fiscal year, prompting the district to consider cutting teaching and support positions. The two-year teacher contract needs to be funded, and health insurance and electricity and fuel costs are increasing, Mike Averyt, assistant superintendent of business/operations, said Monday. So the budget needs to be cut by about $7 million, he said. ...more

May 12, 2008

The city's department heads will spend the next three weeks preparing their budgets for next year with an eye toward making cuts. ...more

May 6, 2008

Why isn't the U.S. Congress, "both parties," promoting democracy? Are they lackeys for world government? Are we just a step away from what is happening in Pakistan? The U.S. government is violating the rights of states. They need to enforce the people's constitution and enforcement of United States laws; after all we are a government of the "United" States. ...more

November 22, 2007

Mayor Pam Iorio announced Wednesday that she is laying off 100 city workers, the second announcement of mass layoffs in roughly five months. ...more

November 15, 2007

Construction costs for pricey parks like one nearing completion in New Tampa are just the tip of the financial iceberg for financially strapped cities, Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio told Kiwanians during her annual address to the local club. ...more

October 15, 2007

City officials are facing another bare-bones budget this year. Thursday, city commissioners will hold the first of two public hearings on the proposed spending plan for the 2007-08 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. Typically, the commission approves a final budget and property tax rate immediately after the second public hearing, which will be Sept. 27. ...more

September 9, 2007