Jennifer Closshey, one of two Plant City residents on the Southwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board, has been elected its secretary. ...more

June 4, 2008

The Hernando County School Board voted 4-1 Tuesday to give Superintendent Wayne Alexander a 5.5 percent pay raise. ...more

May 21, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - After exploring the minutiae of an anticipated $16 million shortfall in the Pasco County School District's 2008-09 budget for more than two hours Tuesday, school board vice chairman Frank Parker said he felt pessimistic. ...more

May 21, 2008

Chrysler is extending for another month its offer to subsidize customers' gasoline prices for three years. ...more

May 20, 2008

Warren Buffett tried to reassure his shareholders Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway will be fine once he is gone, but the 77-year-old billionaire offered few new details of the company's succession plan. ...more

May 4, 2008

Faced with public outrage after news broke of a requested raise of nearly 14 percent, Superintendent Wayne Alexander has submitted a counterproposal of nearly 5.5 percent. ...more

May 2, 2008

J.D. Floyd will continue as a mini-magnet. That's the direction the Hernando County School Board decided to take Tuesday, leaving the district's middle school environmental program at its current location at J.D. Floyd Elementary School in Spring Hill, instead of relocating it to Challenger K-8 School of Science and Mathematics in Spring Hill or West Hernando Middle School in Brooksville. ...more

February 6, 2008

A key step in remaining exclusive as a Super Bowl host site is the ability to be inclusive. ...more

February 1, 2008

Safety first. That's the word from the Hernando County School Board, which quickly shot down the chance to cut transportation costs by creating a one-mile limit around schools during a workshop Monday afternoon. ...more

January 29, 2008

The state's university oversight board today ordered its schools to begin cutting enrollment as a budget deficit threatens the quality of higher education in Florida. ...more

January 24, 2008