Mayor Pam Iorio announced Wednesday that she is laying off 100 city workers, the second announcement of mass layoffs in roughly five months. ...more

November 15, 2007

Many homeowners questioned Tuesday about a new property tax-cutting proposal that will be on Florida's Jan. 29 presidential primary ballot had a common response: 'It's better than nothing.' ...more

October 31, 2007

Inequities Remain Regarding 'Helping Those With No Complaints Wrong Way To Spell Tax Relief' (Our Opinion, Oct. 12): ...more

October 20, 2007

The Legislature's proposal for a property tax overhaul, once organized and neatly wrapped for quick approval, turned into a free-for-all Thursday that abruptly halted all official actions and pushed negotiations behind lawmakers' office doors. ...more

October 19, 2007

CLEARWATER - Sales are still declining but inventory has stabilized, and the slumping Tampa Bay area housing market should turn around by the end of spring, the National Association of Realtors' top economist said Thursday. ...more

October 4, 2007

If you're dissatisfied with state or local taxes, today's your opportunity to vent. The Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission will listen to the public from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the 26th floor of the County Center in Tampa. ...more

October 3, 2007

The property tax problem was never one of total tax revenues being too high, rather it was one of unfairness. Unfair because one group underpays for the services it receives from local governments and another group overpays. ...more

September 30, 2007

Michael Cox has the blessing of his fellow Pasco County commissioners to make a new pitch for a multipurpose sports complex. ...more

September 26, 2007

NEW PORT RICHEY - Michael Cox has the blessing of his fellow Pasco County commissioners to make a new pitch for a multipurpose sports complex. Now he's winding up to lobby the Tourist Development Council. County commissioners Tuesday morning agreed to revisit the sports complex plan and to look into the possibility of bonding tourist tax dollars to help pay for the project, which Cox estimates at about $15 million. ...more

September 25, 2007

SEBRING — Two questions are being raised about the "Save Our Seniors" property tax discount, passed statewide by voters in 1998 to help lower-income homeowners age 65 and up. First: Should Highlands County commissioners raise this tax break? Highlands County offers 1/10th of the maximum level of this tax relief, available to seniors with annual household income of $23,600 or lower. The commissioners authorize it at a $5,000 reduction in the taxable value of a homestead house. The constitutional amendment creating Save Our Seniors originally gave cities and counties the option of reducing homestead taxable value by up to $25,000. A year ago, the state Legislature adjusted the maximum up to $50,000. ...more

September 16, 2007