County bosses have differing ideas about uniting with rank and file over furloughs. ...more

December 23, 2009

A furlough is a furlough, regardless of whether a county department derives revenue from property taxes or user fees. ...more

December 20, 2009

Ejay Metayer drove from the University of South Florida area Friday morning to take a law enforcement test at the Fred B. Karl County Center downtown. ...more

October 31, 2009

County Commissioner Jeff Stabins on Friday e-mailed Elections Supervisor Annie Williams with suggestions on how to cut more than $43,000 from her $1 million budget. ...more

October 30, 2009

As millions of Americans endure budget cuts, furloughs and layoffs, more are turning to hundreds of coupon blogs to save suddenly precious dollars. "Coupon" ranks among the most-searched words on Google. ...more

October 30, 2009

The board of the Hillsborough County teachers union has unanimously picked its new leader now that its long-serving executive director is retiring. Nicholas Whitman, who has led unions throughout the Midwest and Northeast, will take over the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association in August. ...more

June 22, 2009

State workers are grateful to be employed. The current unemployment rate is not lost on them. For three years now state workers have received no raises. Now the Legislature is considering how much more to cut their pay. ...more

April 21, 2009

I read where the Hillsborough County Commission will take part in any county furloughs. Big deal. I suppose they will be sitting around in sackcloth. The pay freeze and no travel are both a given, so they shouldn't break their arms patting themselves on the backs for that sacrifice. The good news is that while the commission is on furlough, they won't be micromanaging our government. ...more

April 10, 2009

A citizens panel that advises the Hillsborough County School Board recently weighed the district's proposed budget cuts - and came up with some ideas of its own. ...more

March 25, 2009

A citizens panel that advises the Hillsborough County School Board recently weighed the district's proposed budget cuts – and came up with some ideas of its own. ...more

March 24, 2009