Lawmakers serving west Pasco County are gearing up for a special session of the Florida Legislature next week to work on the state's budget deficit of more than $2.3 billion. ...more

January 3, 2009

State lawmakers from West Pasco are gearing up for a special session of the Florida Legislature next week to make up a budget deficit of more than $2.3 billion. ...more

January 3, 2009

Steven Augello is not a public speaker, just a grief-stricken father. ...more

January 1, 2009

State Cuts Funding For Community Organizations Community organizations hoping to cash in on state funding will have to look elsewhere, members of the Pasco County Legislative Delegation have warned. ...more

December 31, 2008

The family of Rachel Hoffman, the 23-year-old who was fatally shot last spring while acting as a confidential police informant, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Tallahassee on Tuesday. ...more

December 31, 2008

State Rep. Robert Schenck said Tuesday he would present a bill to the Legislature, probably in March, setting a maximum allowable tax cap rate for Spring Hill Fire Rescue District of 2.50 mills. ...more

December 31, 2008

Florida stands to save more than $100 million a year with competitive bidding and other changes in the way it awards contracts, two state lawmakers from the area say. State Rep. Tom Anderson, R-Dunedin, and state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, recently filed legislation to establish an advisory committee to evaluate the state procurement and contracting process. ...more

December 31, 2008

The parents of a woman killed during a drug sting gone wrong are suing the city of Tallahassee. ...more

December 30, 2008

Schenck to present bill in March. ...more

December 30, 2008