As the school district prepares to expand its cost-cutting school bus route plans to other parts of Hillsborough County, Pearl Chiarenza feels the pain of parents upset with proposed changes in their neighborhoods. ...more

June 18, 2008

If you have a sudden heart attack, it's not very likely a bystander will attempt CPR or use an automated external defibrillator to save your life. ...more

June 6, 2008

93 TEACHER CONTRACTS NOT RENEWED TEACHER CONTRACTS ...more

May 24, 2008

The Family and Medical Leave Act is a good law that tempts workers to treat employers very badly. ...more

February 18, 2008

Hundreds of times over the past two years, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority bus drivers have called in sick under a federal law originally meant to protect new moms and those with serious illnesses. ...more

February 8, 2008

Number of HART bus drivers Percentage of HART drivers who have been declared eligible for sick days under the Family Medical Leave Act ...more

February 8, 2008

It may not be as high as last year, but it's better than the year before. ...more

January 4, 2008

It may not be as high as last year, but it's better than the year before. ...more

January 3, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Teachers and other school employees in Pasco could be one step closer to long-awaited raises after the Pasco County School Board meets Monday evening. ...more

December 2, 2007

An open letter to the School Board and superintendent of Highlands County: I am writing this letter to express my dissatisfaction in regard to the school board's offer to raise the Educational Support Professionals salary by 2 percent. Due to circumstances beyond our association's control, we have been working under last year's contract until Nov. 9, when the school board/superintendent presented this "offer," and I use that term loosely. I understand that the district has the authority and responsibility to set aside a certain percent of monies for employee's salaries (raises). What I don't understand is the reasoning behind their only offering us a 2 percent raise especially considering that the teacher's got at least an 8 percent raise over 2 years, and administrators received 3 percent raise for the current year. ...more

November 30, 2007