Geovany Soto ran away with the National League Rookie of the Year award on Monday. ...more

November 11, 2008

Hernando's teachers would get a 2.4 percent raise this year as part of a tentative agreement reached late Thursday by the union and the school district. ...more

November 8, 2008

Hillsborough County teachers need more time for planning and may get it by the end of this month. The school district is considering a plan to release students from schools early one day every month. ...more

October 2, 2008

A spokesman for a labor union said it reached a tentative agreement with Elberta Crate and Box Company, months after it accused its Avon Park plant of several cases of creating a hostile work environment. ...more

August 12, 2008

There's still hope for commuters in New Tampa and Pasco County longing for a connection between New Tampa Boulevard and Interstate 275. ...more

July 23, 2008

The developer of a massive town home project could be exempted from the new municipal sprinkler law, under a tentative agreement reached with city officials. ...more

June 23, 2008

Negotiators on a five-year, $300 billion farm bill say they have reached a tentative agreement on the legislation and it will be considered by the House and Senate next week. ...more

May 8, 2008

After declaring an impasse over salary talks just weeks ago, leaders at the University of South Florida and the union representing campus police officers reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. ...more

January 22, 2008

SEBRING — An oversight by school district and support personnel negotiators will require another bargaining session to work out details on incentive pay. As the school board was about to approve the support union employment contract recently it was pointed out that a small portion of the contract was not in the agreement the employees ratified Dec. 2. The language concerned job incentive pay for employees with two- or four-year college degrees. "That poses for us a potential problem," said Sam Lee, negotiator for the school district. "It is my opinion that should the board adopt page 21 ... you in all probability will have committed an unfair labor practice," because it was not included in the contract ratified by the employees. ...more

December 16, 2007

The curtain is up. The kilns are ready for firing. A growing list of classes and teachers is in the queue. ...more

December 13, 2007