Shares in WellCare Health Plans continued to drift lower today after a Wall Street Journal blog reported that the company's three top executives were being shown the door. ...more

January 24, 2008

The board of Tampa Bay Water, the regional utility serving more than 2.4 million people, is acting as if it has something to hide. ...more

January 17, 2008

The Justice Department and the CIA's internal watchdog on Saturday announced a joint inquiry into the spy agency's destruction of videotaped interrogations of two suspected terrorists, as the latest scandal to rock U.S. intelligence gathered steam. ...more

December 9, 2007

WellCare Health Plans, the provider of managed care services for the government that had its local headquarters raided by federal and state officials, has adopted a retention plan to help keep key employees on board while the investigation continues. ...more

December 8, 2007

Homeowners moving into this new waterfront neighborhood in the late 1960s paid $5 a year for sea wall repair and canal maintenance. ...more

November 29, 2007

Plagued by turmoil at the top, the American Red Cross ousted its president, Mark Everson, on Tuesday for engaging in a "personal relationship" with one of his subordinates. He took the job six months ago. ...more

November 28, 2007

SEBRING — Proposed tax relief for property owners could lead to budget woes for school districts if voters approve the doubling of the homestead exemption on Jan. 29. The tax relief plan also includes a tangible personal property exemption of $25,000 and a 10 percent cap on assessments for non-homestead property. In dollars for the School Board of Highlands County, it would represent an estimated loss of $1.4 million in 2008 or about 1 percent of the school district's general fund and 1 percent of the capital fund. "They [Legislature] said they are going to hold us harmless, but I don't see any other revenue stream that they are going to be able to replace it with, so obviously there's going to be an impact to schools." Highlands School District Assistant Superintendent of Business/Finance Mike Averyt said Monday. "If you try to cut a million dollars ... we're scraping to get the dollars to pay for teacher salaries and benefits and all those programs we have to operate to run this school district," he said, "So it is a significant problem that we are going to have to address if this thing passes." ...more

November 27, 2007

Two top Yahoo officials on Tuesday defended their company's role in the jailing of a Chinese journalist but ran into withering criticism from lawmakers who accused them of complicity with an oppressive communist regime. ...more

November 7, 2007

TAMPA – The chairman and chief executive officer of Progress Energy died today while on a business trip to London. Robert McGehee, 64, was among a group of Progress Energy executives in England to meet with investors. He suffered a stroke on Sunday and underwent surgery at Charing Cross Hospital, but did not regain consciousness, a company news release said. ...more

October 9, 2007

TALLAHASSEE - Most teachers listed in the state's online database of misconduct cases never admitted to the charges against them, and they were never proven guilty. ...more

September 25, 2007