After 15 years of serving Pasco County, Chief Assistant County Administrator Michele Baker has been congratulated by her peers. ...more

September 19, 2008

Police cannot stop and search people based solely on anonymous tips, the Florida Supreme Court affirmed Thursday, but the justices said that does not mean officers cannot respond to those kinds of reports. ...more

September 19, 2008

For Julie Janssen, the second time around was just the chance she needed. ...more

September 17, 2008

The Pinellas County School Board voted 7-0 to promote the interim superintendent, Julie Janssen, to superintendent. ...more

September 16, 2008

Pinellas County's four-month search for a new superintendent of schools will last a little longer. ...more

September 13, 2008

Pinellas County school superintendent candidate Alberto Carvahlo has decided to accept a job running Miami-Dade County schools. ...more

September 12, 2008

Seven months ago, Rudy Crew's peers named him the nation's top school superintendent, bolstering a long-standing reputation as an education innovator. Student achievement in Miami-Dade County's schools has improved during his four-year tenure and the district is consistently a finalist for the prestigious Broad Prize for Urban Education. ...more

September 12, 2008

School board members are in a wait-and-see mode while Alberto M. Carvalho decides whether to take the Pinellas County superintendent job or remain in Miami-Dade County. ...more

September 11, 2008

On the same day they passed over one of their own to select a new superintendent, Pinellas County School Board members learned their choice also can have the same position in Miami-Dade County if he wants. ...more

September 11, 2008

Hillsborough County public schools produced more National Merit Scholarship semifinalists than any other school system in Florida, the school district announced Wednesday. ...more

September 11, 2008