The Tampa Bay Workforce must repay money
A judge order Tampa Bay Workforce to repay 55,000 for money it spent on parties and food when it should of used the money to help people find jobs.
View ArticleHCC wants money back from The Regents
The Hillsborough Community College Board of Trustees gave $750.000 of your tax dollars to help construct The Regents in Brandon and now they want $375,000 of that money back.
View ArticleState of Florida wants more money from Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance
A judge ordered the Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance to repay $55,000 for frivolously spending money meant to put people to work. Now the State of Florida contends the alliance owes a lot more money.
View ArticleBulgarian woman file lawsuit
The two Bulgarian students who found a hidden camera in their rented apartment have filed a lawsuit against their employer Nadir Punjani.
View ArticleSheriff's office close case on hidden cameras
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has closed the case of the hidden cameras that two foreign students say they discovered in their rented apartment because it found no evidence of a crime.
View ArticleHillsborough County had no control over money spent on The Regent
According to an audit released by Hillsborough County, The Brandon Community Advantage Center received $2.5 million from taxpayer money and the county required no explanation.
View ArticleWoman finally gets heat pump she paid for
Rebecca Smith paid Joey's Maintenance $5800 to install a heat pump but needed help from Hillsborough Consumer Protection and 8 On Your Side to get the one she ordered installed in her Valrico home.
View ArticleHidden cameras not a big deal according to Florida law
Nadir Punjani sublet an apartment to two female foreign exchange students where they discovered hidden cameras throughout their apartment. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office closed the case saying
View ArticleState representative ask nonprofit to open its books
State Representative Rachel Burgin filed a bill to force the BCACUS to open it's books but now she is backing off and will give the county a chance to work its magic with the community center called T
View ArticleTrying to make video voyeurism a more serious crime
The case involving two Bulgarian students finding hidden cameras in their Hillsborough apartment caught the attention of Representative Dana Young and Senator Rhonda Storm. They now hope to introduce
View ArticleHand In Hand owner suspended from job
Wendy Alexander has been suspended from her job as a principal in a Milwaukee public school after an 8 on Your Side investigation revealed she shut down her private Hand in Hand Academy last month and
View ArticleTampa Bay Water's Board of Directors reject engineers offer
A 30 million dollar settlement offered by HDR, the engineer who designed the Hillsborough County Reservoir, is off the table. All 9 Tampa Bay Water board of directors voted to reject the offer and ta
View ArticleState sends Workforce Alliance a big bill
The State of Florida is demanding even more money back from the non profit Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance that indulged in food, fun, and frivolity at taxpayers expense.
View ArticleShould political contribution decide who collects your garbage
Our investigation discovered waste companies and their lobbyist dumped piles of money in to some Hillsborough County commissioners campaign bins.
View ArticleAudit in the Director of Planning Commission's contracts
A Hillsborough County commissioner wants an audit of the hundreds of thousands of dollars in contracts awarded by the Director of the Planning Commission.
View ArticlePlanning Commission spares little expense
Senior Investigative Reporter Steve Andrews looks into the lavish awards galas the Hillsborough Planning Commission has held for the past several years.
View ArticleHillsborough County Commission looks in to Planning Commission's spending
The Hillsborough County Commission voted to send a letter asking the Planning Commission for more details on how it spent it's money.
View ArticleNew inmates searched for names, Social Security numbers
At the Hillsborough County jail, when new inmates are searched, deputies are on the lookout for weapons as well as names and Social Security numbers that could be used in a tax fraud scheme.
View ArticleFirst day of testimony in cracking reservoir lawsuit
Today was the first day of testimony in the Tampa Bay Water's million dollar lawsuit against HDR, the designer of the cracking regional reservoir.
View ArticleTampa Bay Water files lawsuit against HDR
Tampa Bay Water says will cost around 100 million dollars to fix the cracks to the reservoir HDR designed and now are suing them.
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