Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:28 PM
By BARBARA ROUTEN | Special correspondent
Published: May 04, 2011
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BRANDON --
When Jessica Martinez of Randall Middle School learned she won a Youth Excellence and Achievement Award for Success Despite Difficult Odds, she said, "I felt good...
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Saturday, January 23, 2010 3:51 PM
By MIKE SALINERO | The Tampa Tribune
Published: January 20, 2010
KEVIN BECKNER
TAMPA - Hillsborough County pays the state of Florida $8.3 million a year to house juvenile offenders, but the investment hasn't resulted in fewer arrests, local officials say...
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Monday, November 09, 2009 8:34 AM
Published Friday, November 6, 2009
The Hillsborough County Commission showed the sort of leadership last week that it has lacked for the entire decade.
Five of seven commissioners voted to move ahead on a plan to ask voters for a 1-cent sales tax for transit improvements. The vote is only...
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 7:29 AM
By Bill Varian, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Thursday, November 5, 2009
TAMPA — Hillsborough County took a baby step Wednesday toward placing a transit tax proposal on the ballot in 2010.
Commissioners voted 5-2 to have the county attorney craft a resolution saying the board int...
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Monday, August 17, 2009 5:24 PM
Among their decisions Thursday, commissioners agreed to spare a program that helps people who are victims of crime, though they voted to cut its budget 10 percent. They still haven't decided how to pay for it, though Commissioner Kevin Beckner proposed increasing fees charged to suspects booke...
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Sunday, July 12, 2009 11:41 AM
The Board of County Commissioners has unanimously quashed the latest assault on rural Keystone and preserved the area's future growth plan, at least for one more year.
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Friday, July 10, 2009 11:45 AM
Commissioner Kevin Beckner last month brought up a possible 10 percent pay cut for each member of the elected board as a way to show empathy for county employees facing possible layoffs. Commissioners currently make about $100,000 annually.
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Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:46 AM
Hillsborough County commissioners today approved the same tighter water restrictions that were passed Tuesday by the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
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