It sounds like Rick Tocchet will be back next season if General Manager Brian Lawton gets to make the call. ...more

March 23, 2009

Surely we care about the nearly 50 million Americans without health insurance because of circumstances beyond their control. What about the deterrent effect on potential entrepreneurs? Corporations want to get out of the business of providing health insurance for employees in order to be more competitive. Our costs are the highest in the world. ...more

March 17, 2009

aka the economic stimulus payment - that you received last spring? It's creating confusion among taxpayers, so the Internal Revenue Service put out a bulletin in response to errors showing up in early tax filings. ...more

March 6, 2009

Dear Abby: My husband "William" and I have been married 32 years. I love him dearly, but his health is poor. William is only 55, has had five heart attacks and has three stents in his heart. His last visit to the ER included being hit with paddles because his heart had stopped. In spite of this, my husband continues to smoke, eat whatever he wants and so on. I feel as if I am just waiting for him to die. ...more

February 22, 2009

WellCare's suspension of new enrollments does not affect current WellCare beneficiaries. ...more

February 21, 2009

A Hillsborough County detention deputy will be suspended without pay for a week after a departmental investigation found he used excessive force against a female inmate roughly half his size, officials said. ...more

February 3, 2009

Nick Bollea wasn't supposed to drive for three years as part of his plea in May, but he can now drive under certain circumstances. ...more

February 2, 2009

Dear Abby: Last year, my elderly father fell, suffering a head injury that caused his death. Dad had a chronic illness that kept him housebound during the last year of his life. ...more

February 1, 2009

The Problem "The leadership in my department at work has an 'us versus them' approach when working with other departments. ... Efforts by others to address this with the head of our department, as well as with HR human resources, have failed. ...more

February 1, 2009

The nationwide economic downtown is offering few signs it is about to reverse course. This has government on all levels scrambling to keep spending in line with falling revenue. Under such circumstances, public officials should welcome whatever help they can get in shouldering this burden. City government in Tarpon Springs appears to be on the verge of having that sort of assistance. ...more

January 31, 2009