Members of Tampa's largest union have approved a proposed one-year contract with the city that includes pay raises of up to 5.5 percent for some. ...more

March 26, 2009

It was not exactly a fireside chat or what you might have expected from a sitting mayor whose eyes already wander occasionally outside city hall. ...more

March 25, 2009

It was a ribbon-cutting ceremony with a revivalist spirit. About 200 people gathered last week to dedicate the Chloe Coney Urban Enterprise Center and honor the woman for whom the center is named. ...more

March 25, 2009

As of 7:30 a.m. today, Hillsborough County's jails housed 3,479 inmates, up to 70 percent of them arrested for drug or drug-related crimes, said sheriff's Col. Gary Terry. ...more

March 24, 2009

Lowry Park Zoo's board of directors has hired a lawyer to recoup more than $200,000 in supplies and animals the former president and CEO took from the facility, according to a city audit. ...more

March 24, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio, in her annual state of the city speech Monday, warned of tough decisions facing the city in the next year as the economic recession worsens. ...more

March 24, 2009

A city audit of the Lowry Park Zoo confirms that former CEO Lex Salisbury screwed up, and zoo officials are trying to recoup more than $200,000 in supplies and animals he took from the facility. ...more

March 23, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio, in her annual state of the city speech Monday, warned of tough decisions facing the city in the next year as the economic recession worsens. ...more

March 23, 2009

Lex Salisbury, who ran Lowry Park Zoo before resigning under fire in December, is trying to sell two zebras through an animal trading magazine even though he doesn't hold the license the federal government requires for such transactions. ...more

March 21, 2009

Lex Salisbury, who ran Lowry Park Zoo before resigning under fire in December, is trying to sell two zebras through an animal trading magazine even though he doesn't hold the license the federal government requires for such transactions. ...more

March 20, 2009