State auditors are reviewing Hillsborough County’s $9 billion budget this week as part of a growing push to rein in local ...

Hillsborough and Pinellas counties are the latest local governments in Florida to be selected for onsite inspections by the state’s Office of the Chief Inspector General, also known as DOGE.

While in Tampa Monday morning, Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said his office is going around the state trying to ...

State Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia accompanied the auditors on their visit to Hillsborough County on Monday.

What I can tell you is we have a lot of work to do with the counties… a lot of work to do with the cities,” Florida CFO ...

As Gov. Ron DeSantis threatens on-site audits of local governments’ finances to search for waste, Tampa Bay communities are quietly responding to questions from the state. The state’s Department of ...

Blaise Ingoglia spoke to reporters outside of the Hillsborough County Center building, where the state DOGE started a ...

While St. Pete has actually lowered its property tax rate in recent years, a fact acknowledged in a letter the city received ...

RECKLESS SPENDING'State officials will be auditing Pinellas and Hillsborough counties to analyze an increase in local ...

State-appointed auditors came to St. Petersburg Wednesday to begin two days reviewing spending by Mayor Ken Welch and the ...

To find what they deem as wasteful, unnecessary spending in Florida, DOGE officials on Monday spent time in the Palm Beach ...

Members of Florida’s Division of Governmental Oversight and Efficiency will be in Pinellas County Thursday after the governor ...