It should be the culmination of a dream, buying and owning your first home. ...more

June 26, 2008

A whistleblower whose allegations triggered a federal investigation into Hillsborough County's affordable housing office was fighting to protect her own multimillion-dollar, nonprofit company. ...more

June 15, 2008

A local nonprofit housing group, seeking to distance itself from Hillsborough County's troubled Affordable Housing Office, will turn down a $300,000 grant from the office. ...more

June 13, 2008

A federal investigation should determine the truth about allegations that several employees at Hillsborough's affordable housing office formed a company that could compete for office grants and tried to guide business to a firm owned by a worker's spouse. ...more

June 6, 2008

The county's affordable housing department is under federal investigation, but the county won't say for what. ...more

May 20, 2008

WellCare Health Plans' top three executives have resigned, three months after the company's Tampa headquarters was raided by federal agents. ...more

January 25, 2008

MANATEE COUNTY - When he heard about an eagle that was shot and killed, Larry Byrd of Sarasota was, like many others, absolutely livid, angry enough to offer a reward. ...more

January 17, 2008

Shares of WellCare Health Plans Inc. were among the market's big gainers Monday after the Tampa-based company announced it received renewal of federal contracts in five states, including Florida, along with permission to expand into hundreds of counties in those states. ...more

January 14, 2008

Shares in WellCare Health Plans rose nearly 10 percent Thursday after an analyst with CIBC World Markets wrote in a report to clients Wednesday that a federal investigation into the Tampa-based insurer is narrowly focused on Florida subsidiaries and doesn't suggest widespread fraud. ...more

January 4, 2008

The agent for pitcher Todd Williams of Land O' Lakes said Friday that his client will adopt a "wait and see posture" before deciding how to proceed after his name appeared in the Mitchell Report released on Thursday. ...more

December 15, 2007