This week USF Health CEO Stephen Klasko and Tampa Congresswoman Kathy Castor launched a program Klasko is convinced will be the beginning of "an electronic revolution in health care." ...more

March 19, 2009

Congress OKs Release Of Final $350B Of Bailout WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress laid the foundation for President-elect Barack Obama's economic recovery plan on Thursday with remarkable speed, clearing the way for a new infusion of bailout cash for the financial industry while majority Democrats proposed spending increases and tax cuts totaling a whopping $825 billion. ...more

January 18, 2009

Where can you get a good Barack Obama-inspired ice cream? Or sneakers airbrushed with images of Obama rousing the nation forward? ...more

January 17, 2009

Where can you get a good Barack Obama-inspired ice cream? Or sneakers airbrushed with images of Obama rousing the nation forward? Fear not, shopping nation. As Tuesday's inauguration nears, the American retail scene is overflowing with Obama-themed merchandise for every taste imaginable. ...more

January 15, 2009

The U.S. House on Wednesday approved a major expansion of federally funded health coverage for children, a measure that would slam cigar manufacturers in Tampa and across the country with a big tax increase. ...more

January 15, 2009

Barack Obama won't be sworn in until next week as the 44th president of the United States, but the list of people naming babies after him is already growing. ...more

January 12, 2009

Barack Obama won't be sworn in until Jan. 20 as the 44th president of the United States, but the list of people naming babies after him is already growing. ...more

January 9, 2009

Rarely have lawmakers confronted an agenda as ambitious as the one Congress will face upon convening this week, with an incoming president pushing to stabilize an economy on the brink of long-term recession, to create universal health coverage and to overhaul federal energy policies. ...more

January 5, 2009

In the 26 years since the weekly radio address became a White House staple, presidents have often treated the speech to the nation as a task rather than an opportunity. ...more

December 15, 2008

Every American president is at risk of an assassination attempt. But because of the historic nature of President-elect Barack Obama's victory as the first black in that office, the risk of assassination is greater. ...more

November 30, 2008