HART

The initial version of the bill, filed by Zephyrhills Republican Sen. Danny Burgess, brought up exploring the potential dissolution of HART within its first few sentences, and mentioned it seven times throughout the legislation’s language.

The board voted Tuesday to pay Le Grand roughly $90,000 along with two months of health benefits, with her resigning the position immediately.

The report from an outside attorney described a culture at HART that lacks effective leadership, organizational morale, and experiences too much turnover.

The bills only reference the possibility of dissolving HART, or the "transfer of governance" of its responsibilities, without describing where the agency's roles would be transferred.

A bill filed by State Sen. Danny Burgess would have the state Department of Transportation explore merging the entities, while also looking into the pros and cons of dissolving HART.

An investigation into whether Le Grand fostered a hostile work environment is expected to be completed in two weeks.

Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration made it clear that he wants none of the $570 million collected from the now-defunct 2018 Hillsborough Transportation Tax to go toward public transit — like HART — and instead be refunded to taxpayers.

Castor offers her thoughts on several issues ahead of the March 7 Tampa mayoral election.

Hillsborough transportation officials approved the $6 million purchase of a permanent vessel.

Tampa Bay’s regional transit authority is going away. Members of the authority voted last Friday to dissolve it.

The authority is looking to expand HARTFlex, a door-to-door bus service for certain areas within a certain range of a stop.

Some board members said the findings available are now outdated, since the report was finalized more than a year ago.