Faced with a shaky economy and under pressure to make deep cuts, Budget Director George Zoettlein on Monday unveiled a proposed 2009 budget that keeps intact the county's 5.43 millage rate. ...more

July 15, 2008

Mill levy unchanged at 5.43 ...more

July 15, 2008

The state is trying to handle a growing number of calls to an abuse hot line with fewer people, potentially leaving some of the most vulnerable children in Florida at risk. ...more

July 14, 2008

PUBLIC HEARING DAYS SCHEDULED ...more

July 13, 2008

If county commissioners approve County Administrator David Hamilton's proposed budget recommendations en masse, Hernando County government would not only go on a diet, it would face extreme liposuction. ...more

July 1, 2008

Hamilton: Culture shift needed ...more

June 30, 2008

Discussion of the budget will likely dominate Tuesday's county commission meeting. ...more

June 29, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- West Pasco Habitat for Humanity will recruit more volunteers this Saturday to its mission of helping build homes for lower-income residents who otherwise couldn't afford them. ...more

June 18, 2008

Those who wish to help the family of the East Bay High School quarterback who died in an automobile crash last month can do so by picking up a phone and ordering a pizza. Rex Ballenger, 18, of Apollo Beach, died May 19 at Tampa General Hospital after suffering massive head injuries in a wreck May 17 on Big Bend Road at U.S. 41. ...more

June 5, 2008

Allegations have been leveled against the county's budget director for excessively overbilling enterprise departments and transferring the money to the general fund. ...more

June 3, 2008