Patsy Nathe, co-owner of R.J. Nathe and Sons logging company and Tall Timber Cattle and Grove, has been selected Florida's "Woman of the Year in Agriculture" for 2008. The award, now in its 24th year, recognizes women who have made outstanding contributions to Florida agriculture. The award is sponsored by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Florida State Fair Authority ...more

November 21, 2008

Controversy over ex-convict mortgage brokers reignites today when Attorney General Bill McCollum proposes overhauling professional licensing for felons. ...more

October 21, 2008

Mason Smoak will be posthumously inducted into the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame next year along with three other individuals being recognized for their leadership and dedication to the agriculture industry. ...more

October 4, 2008

State regulators investigating gasoline price gouging complaints are turning their attention from retailers to oil companies, wondering whether they inflated the prices they charged gas station owners in recent days. ...more

September 16, 2008

Florida's top regulator of mortgage brokers said Tuesday that he will leave his post Sept. 30 amid continuing criticism for allowing thousands of ex-convicts to obtain mortgage brokering licenses and, in some cases, commit fraud. ...more

August 13, 2008

The state's chief mortgage regulator will keep his job for now while state investigators probe allegations that his office licensed thousands of convicted criminals to work as mortgage brokers. ...more

July 30, 2008

The state's top mortgage regulator is keeping his job, at least for two more weeks. The governor and Cabinet this morning gave Financial Regulations Director Don Saxon until Aug. 12 to come back with proposals to ensure convicted felons are not being licensed as mortgage brokers. ...more

July 29, 2008

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles H. Bronson announced that nominations are being accepted for the 2008 Woman of the Year in Agriculture award. The award, now in its 24nd year, recognizes women who have made outstanding contributions to Florida agriculture. ...more

July 20, 2008

It would seem since he left office that former Gov. Jeb Bush has been on a parallel universe tour rivaling Marlon Brando's Col. Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now." ...more

May 6, 2008

A West Pasco Special Olympics Pasco County athlete, Rosetta LoBianco, recently returned home from the Special Olympics Florida Athlete Congress, in Tallahassee. ...more

February 9, 2008