TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Florida insurance regulators are failing in their duties if they don't make the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. raise property insurance rates by 10 percent across the board, a business group lobbyist said today. ...more

October 20, 2009

Pre-registration continues for Saturday's motorcycle run in honor of fallen sheriff's Capt. Scott Bierwiler. ...more

March 27, 2009

A ballroom at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino was nearly full of young women sitting straight-backed, hair and smiles perfect, most wearing pumps and figure-hugging clothes. ...more

August 22, 2008

A ballroom at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino was nearly full of young women sitting straight-backed, hair and smiles perfect, most wearing pumps and figure-hugging clothes. By the end of today, screeners hope to see 300 of them in their search for the best six candidates for the role of models on "Deal Or No Deal." ...more

August 21, 2008

Eddie James hates gassing up his SUV. "It costs $70, and it doesn't last a week," the Brandon resident said. ...more

June 21, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - A man was charged with trying to burn down a neighbor's home early Saturday after witnesses spotted him leaving the burning home, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

June 14, 2008

The state has taken away "public transportation" for Medicare recipients, to help reduce our taxes. If you are on Medicaid you can receive it, but if you're on Medicare, there is no more funding for it, and you just don't need it. That must be their theory? My daughter, who has a progressive crippling disease, was recently denied transportation for a "follow- up" appointment, two days after she had cataract surgery. I have spent two days phoning all over the state without any results. She has to have another cataract removed, which involves two appointments again, and three other appointments before the year's end. ...more

November 5, 2007