Government workers were bracing for layoffs Wednesday and local officials were looking at which public services to cut after voters overwhelmingly passed a property tax amendment that will slice city and county revenue by tens of millions of dollars. ...more

January 31, 2008

Workers Would Be Hurt Regarding "An Income Tax Could Rescue Florida" (Commentary, Jan. 13): ...more

January 21, 2008

SEBRING — The public is welcome to attend Thursday's inaugural meeting of the Highlands County commissioners' latest citizens advisory board, which will help select the county's next administrator. Sixteen people have been appointed to what county officials are calling the "Search Committee," created to help commissioners pick long-time county Administrator Carl Cool's replacement. Cool will retire on July 1 after nearly 17 years as the county's top administrator. At the Search Committee's first meeting, set for 6 p.m. Jan. 10 in Conference Room 2 at the Highlands County Agri-Civic Center, the 16 members will select their chairman and set the ground rules for how they will work with the county's consultant. ...more

January 6, 2008

Hernando County's teachers are slowly moving up on the pay scale, with beginning teachers set to make $6,000 more than they would have in the 2003-04 school year. ...more

January 3, 2008

Hernando County's teachers are slowly moving up on the pay scale, with beginning teachers set to make $6,000 more than they would have in the 2003-04 school year. ...more

January 2, 2008

Hernando County's teachers are slowly moving up on the pay scale, with beginning teachers set to make $6,000 more than they would have in the 2003-04 school year. ...more

January 1, 2008

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

December 11, 2007

The police union is upset with Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee because he won't go along with its contract proposal. But you won't see anything about its demand for raises of up to 10 percent in the union's brochures or ads attacking the sheriff. ...more

December 6, 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

Weeks have passed since the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the union that represents deputies reached an impasse in negotiating a new contract. ...more

October 8, 2007