Sue Carlton

Elected as part of 2022′s local red wave, Wostal pushes some of the board’s most controversial matters.

With some hand-wringing, the Hillsborough County Commission approves in the increase, which begins in October.

Three Hillsborough School Board incumbents kept their seats. The fourth heads to a runoff

Commissioners, who have talked about the high cost of living, are looking at a $40 yearly increase, but will consider other options.

From Hyde Park to Winter Haven, some Tampa Electric customers are going through the not-always-painless process of power lines coming down.

In April, first-time candidate for office Matt Taylor booked a spot for his June campaign kickoff — Highway Ranch Weddings & Events on 19 acres of farmland in Plant City. That same day, he posted his plans on Facebook.Taylor, who owns a welding and tractor repair business, performs as comedian Matt the Welder and is running for the Hillsborough County Commission, later learned the venue had since been inspected by the county Fire Marshal’s Office, which records show found four violations.People…

Hillsborough County government’s proposed budget of about $10 billion includes a property tax change aimed at beefing up Fire Rescue and sheriff’s office services for residents who live in the unincorporated parts of the county.County commissioners got their first public look at the proposed budget for the next fiscal year on Wednesday. It represents an increase over this year’s $9 billion budget.County Administrator Bonnie Wise presented the plan, which includes a modest property tax decrease f…

In a bit of last-minute election maneuvering, Michael Owen is resigning from the Hillsborough County Commission effective at the end of the day Tuesday and has announced plans to run for a soon-to-be-vacated seat in Tallahassee.“It has been my greatest honor to serve the residents of Hillsborough County as their District 4 commissioner,” Owen wrote in a letter Tuesday to Elections Supervisor Craig Latimer. “I look forward to continuing to represent them as the next State Representative from Dist…

Michelle Faedo, until recently the proprietor of a well-known lunch spot in downtown Tampa, has lost in a lease dispute with the Tampa Housing Authority in court involving the prior location of the restaurant.Before moving Faedo’s Tampeño Cuisine to its most recent location — the ground floor of the pink County Center high-rise — Faedo’s was the first retail space at Encore, a Tampa Housing Authority urban renewal community that replaced a public housing complex at the northeast corner of downto…

The 2022 suspension of Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren by Gov. Ron DeSantis has been the talk of Tampa ever since.Besides the critical issues involved in Warren’s bid to get reinstated by the courts or reelected in November, other more localized questions have bubbled up in Tampa political circles.For instance: How would Warren and Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister — who spoke out against Warren’s prosecution policies and stood by the governor the day Warren was removed — be able to…