After spending $4,000 to advertise a job opening, the region's transportation authority decided to pull the plug on the hiring after applicants and authority members expressed confusion about what the job involves. ...more

November 8, 2008

Hillsborough County School Board incumbent Carol Kurdell has won re-election, vote totals show. ...more

November 7, 2008

With results trickling in, the winner of Hillsborough's District 7 at-large school board seat was too close to call early this morning. ...more

November 5, 2008

A charter school for Hernando County's dropouts was shot down by the school board Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008

The region's transportation authority finally has a permanent executive director, but his tenure will depend on whether the governmental agency can get funding. ...more

October 25, 2008

The region's transportation authority today hired a permanent executive director, but whether he remains will depend on funding for the governmental body. ...more

October 24, 2008

Hillsborough School Board Chairwoman Jennifer Faliero only has a little more than a month left at the helm of this panel and given the dysfunction of this board and Faliero's attempts to muzzle opponents, that's a good thing. ...more

October 24, 2008

Even as it battles charges of fraudulent voter registration practices in more than a dozen states, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, is negotiating to sever all ties with its founder, whose brother embezzled almost $1 million from the group. ...more

October 16, 2008

The region's transportation authority is a step closer to picking a permanent executive director. A special committee held interviews Monday and narrowed the list of applicants to three. Among the names for the job going into next week's final round of interviews is Bob Clifford, planning director for the Department of Transportation's District 7 in Tampa. ...more

October 14, 2008

A man's death from a stroke in May has sparked a tug-of-war over whether to keep an advanced life support ambulance in upscale Lutz or transfer it to Progress Village, a much poorer community with many more calls for ambulance service. ...more

October 12, 2008