LAND O' LAKES - While the stock market has performed like Busch Gardens' SheiKra roller coaster, Pasco County's investment portfolio has offered all the thrills of a kiddie ride. ...more

November 30, 2008

The U.S. Small Business Administration said today that private nonprofit organizations affected by Tropical Storm Fay in August have until Oct. 23 to file disaster loan applications for damages from the storm. ...more

September 23, 2008

Two North Pinellas cities, Dunedin and Oldsmar, held firm and weathered a financial storm created in late 2007 by a run of investors on the Florida Local Government Investment Pool. Now they say that decision is paying financial rewards. ...more

January 19, 2008

Hillsborough County pulled $167 million out of the State Board of Administration local government fund Friday amid continued concerns about the fund's investments in the subprime mortgage market. ...more

January 19, 2008

Local Hillsborough County governments that rode out last month's run on a state-run investment pool say the state has unduly placed them at risk, by allowing investors who cut and ran to withdraw more than their fair share. ...more

December 14, 2007

A Bloomberg article recently published in many Florida outlets used broad generalities, gross overstatements and outdated information to report on the Florida Retirement System (FRS) pension fund. ...more

December 14, 2007

Uncertainty over a state investment fund left government officials with little definitive information Friday, even after face-to-face meetings here with the state's chief financial officer. ...more

December 8, 2007

The same depressed real estate market that has rocked the private sector now threatens local governments, which sought assurances from state leaders on Tuesday that they will not lose the money they have invested in a fund containing mortgage-backed assets. ...more

December 5, 2007