A Wal-Mart Supercenter proposed for Barclay Avenue is in limbo because a mediator was unable to reach agreement between the retailer, landowner and county. ...more

December 27, 2007

A Wal-Mart Supercenter proposed for Barclay Avenue is in limbo because a mediator was unable to reach agreement between the retailer, landowner and county. ...more

December 26, 2007

The European Union said today that it supported a compromise proposal on upcoming negotiations for a new global warming pact, bringing the contentious talks nearer to resolution. ...more

December 15, 2007

Tampa firefighters earn an average of more than $59,000 a year. They work 24-hour shifts, then get 48 hours off, a schedule that allows many to work second jobs or run businesses. They also enjoy a generous pension plan that allows them to retire after 20 years, sometimes sooner. ...more

December 14, 2007

Contract talks between Tampa firefighters and city administrators have deteriorated to the point the firefighters have declared an impasse. ...more

December 11, 2007

Keenan McCardell is hopping on a plane this weekend to follow the money. ...more

November 22, 2007

CBS News writers authorized their union leaders to call a national strike, the Writers Guild of America said Monday, escalating a labor impasse. ...more

November 20, 2007

The president of the local chapter of the International Association of Fire Fighters said Friday that the union intends to file an unfair labor practice claim against the city because pay raises were halted while the parties negotiate a new contract. ...more

November 17, 2007

The one thing the two groups of deputies who faced off Tuesday outside the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Ybor City might agree on is that the agency is drastically understaffed. ...more

October 31, 2007

TAMPA - The one thing the two groups of deputies who faced off this morning outside the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Ybor City might agree on is that the agency is drastically understaffed. There's little else. Money, and how it's being spent, has divided the deputies who support Sheriff David Gee's administration and those who stood on the sidewalk with the West Central Florida Police Benevolent Association – the union that represents deputies and corporals. ...more

October 30, 2007