Stephanie Bowyer, who has two children in Highlands County public schools, has a suggestion for the school board: Don't do any budget cuts. ...more

March 8, 2009

Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom is a disgrace. At a time when the Legislature is working to burden local and county government with further unfunded mandates, evidence surfaces that the speaker cooked up a $122.5-million spending spree for his hometown community college. ...more

January 4, 2009

A circuit judge's ruling on Thursday overturned a 2007 state law saying counties had to pay for attorneys who take cases when the local public defender has a conflict. ...more

December 20, 2008

Local and state governments may have to live within strict new spending and revenue limits if the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission adopts a proposal that cleared one of its committees Monday. ...more

February 11, 2008

Referendum A Bill Of Goods State Rep. Dan Gelber stated in a recent Florida Trend article that "Florida has really major challenges right now, and we're just moving everything in the in-box to the bottom, hoping it goes away." That statement is right on point. ...more

January 13, 2008

With lawmakers planning to cut $1.5 billion in state spending, Hillsborough County leaders are concerned they could be on the chopping block again. ...more

September 17, 2007

TAMPA - With lawmakers planning to cut $1.5 billion in state spending, Hillsborough County leaders are concerned they could be on the chopping block again. ...more

September 16, 2007

Floridians demanded of Gov. Charlie Crist some kind of property tax relief, and the Florida Legislature quickly acted. The final question is this: Did we get what we asked for? ...more

September 16, 2007