City Council members showered City Manager Erik Walsh with praise Thursday before agreeing to boost his pay by nearly $87,000 — a 23% raise. That amendment to his employment contract puts his ...

Walsh’s pay was last increased in 2023, to $374,400, when the city raised its entry-level wage from $17.50 to $18 an hour. Walsh manages a nearly $4 billion city budget and about 14,000 employees.

City Council is relinquishing power over what could be hundreds of contracts each year, allowing City Manager Erik Walsh to OK agreements worth millions on his own authority. Walsh currently can ...

The series, which is sold out this year, takes place at the Hilton Naples, featuring a buffet breakfast, a talk by a best-selling nonfiction author.

[Signature] Reviewed by James L. Swanson In this splendid, beautifully written followup to his blockbuster thriller, Devil in the White City , Erik Larson again unites the dual stories of two ...

For years, the notion that Erik Larson would write fiction seemed like it could only ever be fictional itself. With the success of The Devil in the White City, The Splendid and the Vile ...