Pinellas County officials plan to cut 20 to 30 percent from general fund spending in fiscal year 2010. First, however, they want to hear where Pinellas residents would drop the budget ax. The county will hold town hall-type work sessions on budget priorities. The north county work session will be held 5:30 - 8 p.m. this Tuesday, March 3, at Palm Harbor University High School, 1900 Omaha St. ...more

February 28, 2009

Thorny Public Policy Regarding "Florida Governor Should Veto Florida Forever Suspension" (Our Opinion, Jan. 27): ...more

January 29, 2009

With the state confronting at least a $2.3 billion budget shortfall, little is being spared lawmakers' ax. In the ongoing special session in Tallahassee, legislators have targeted programs serving the elderly, schoolchildren, the disabled and hospital patients. Environmental protections, higher education and many other efforts are on the chopping block. ...more

January 10, 2009

University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft has the unenviable job of cutting $35.6 million from the university's budget in what's described as the worst fiscal crisis to hit higher education in a generation. ...more

May 23, 2008

Among the many conservative Christians who feel misunderstood by the general public, the six ministries under investigation by a Senate committee are an embarrassment. ...more

December 5, 2007

Among many conservative Christians who feel misunderstood by the public, the six televangelists under investigation by a Senate committee are an embarrassment. ...more

December 4, 2007

Three local businesses have stepped up to save the flowering crape myrtle trees that line the median on a 2.5-mile stretch of U.S. 301 between Bloomingdale Avenue and Gibsonton Drive. ...more

October 27, 2007

Three local businesses have stepped up to save the flowering crape myrtle trees that line the median on a 2.5-mile stretch of U.S. 301 between Bloomingdale Avenue and Gibsonton Drive. ...more

October 18, 2007

The $4 billion budget approved unanimously by Hillsborough County commissioners Thursday night includes a mix of cuts, layoffs and, for the lucky few, a reprieve from the budget ax. ...more

September 21, 2007

Saying there is 'still work to be done,' legislative leaders on Wednesday postponed a special session to trim the state budget that was scheduled to begin Sept. 18. ...more

September 6, 2007