MIAMI (AP) — Florida's Board of Education has approved more rigorous measures for evaluating high schools beyond mere test scores, adding such factors as graduation rates and participation in accelerated coursework. ...more

September 15, 2009

Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee submitted a $370 million budget request for the 2010 fiscal year in a letter today to county commissioners. ...more

April 29, 2009

President Barack Obama is putting the finishing touches on an ambitious first budget that seeks to cut the federal deficit in half during the next four years, primarily by raising taxes on business and the wealthy and by slashing spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, administration officials said. ...more

February 22, 2009

President Barack Obama's wants to cut the federal deficit in half by the end of his first term, mostly by scaling back Iraq war spending, raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans and streamlining government, an administration official said Saturday as the president worked to finalize his first budget request. ...more

February 21, 2009

For all their agreement on matters such as Afghanistan and defense spending, President-elect Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are on record disagreeing over a central matter for U.S. security: the future of nuclear weapons. ...more

December 28, 2008

Reeling from criticism of his postelection, $2.3 million budget request, Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson rejected claims that his office kept county officials in the dark about his budget. ...more

December 23, 2008

In what might be a moot point, Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson has withdrawn his request for $2.3 million to cover cost overruns in his office. ...more

December 20, 2008

Outgoing elections supervisor Buddy Johnson has changed his mind about asking the county commission to give his office more money. ...more

December 19, 2008

Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson didn't get the $2.3 million he wanted to cover what he characterized as "unexpected" election costs, but he will get an audit courtesy of the Hillsborough County Commission. ...more

December 18, 2008

With three candidates vying for the school board seat currently held by longtime board member and vice chairman Jim Malcolm, they had plenty to say about local teachers' recent request for a 5.5 percent raise. ...more

June 27, 2008