Leaders at the Byrd Alzheimer's center, freshly battered from a volatile spring in Tallahassee, didn't wind up with a dollar in state money, and they're planning for the next few years as if they'll receive nothing more. ...more

May 8, 2008

Now that the state's universities have decided to cut enrollment to offset a whopping budget shortfall, community colleges will have to figure out how to absorb even more students while cutting millions of dollars. ...more

February 26, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - The people running government can have all kinds of ideas, but what government does or doesn't do often comes down to whether there's enough money. ...more

February 25, 2008

University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft appeared before the board of the Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Center & Research Institute on Thursday with an idea: that USF take control of the center, which resides on the campus of the university. ...more

February 8, 2008

Like many in the audience before him Tuesday, Dade City Mayor Hutch Brock envisions a connected system of trails throughout the city and the rest of Pasco County. ...more

February 7, 2008

TAMPA - For low-income residents in Hillsborough County, the cost to participate in the My Safe Florida Home grant program often can exceed their meager means. Faced with paying upfront for improvements, as much as $5,000, then waiting for a state reimbursement, low-income residents are finding the program is out of their financial reach. It wasn't supposed to be this way. ...more

January 27, 2008

For low-income residents in Hillsborough County, the cost to participate in the My Safe Florida Home grant program often can exceed their meager means. ...more

January 27, 2008

Critics of the property tax cut plan on the Jan. 29 ballot panned Gov. Charlie Crist's proposal on Thursday to increase K-12 school funding by $1 billion next year, describing it as a gimmick to convince voters that approving Amendment 1 will not harm Florida's schools. ...more

January 18, 2008

After the "freezing" of a state-run investment pool set off a statewide panic last month, local school officials are looking to area legislators for backup. ...more

January 5, 2008

The collision of a statewide campaign to cut property taxes with Florida's worst budget crunch in decades could give hospitals that treat the poor and uninsured a double dose of trouble next fiscal year. ...more

January 3, 2008