The debate about the health care system's overhaul is filled with topics and terms unfamiliar to many. Each week, we'll examine some of the issues, the politics behind them and how they would affect consumers. ...more

October 25, 2009

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke prodded Congress on Friday to enact legislation overhauling the nation's financial regulatory system to prevent a repeat of the banking and credit debacles that had thrust the country into crisis. ...more

October 24, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats say they've reached a Medicare deal that secures critical support from heartland and Pacific lawmakers for health overhaul legislation. ...more

October 22, 2009

Rising losses on commercial real estate loans will continue to hurt U.S. banks in coming months and pose the biggest challenge for many financial institutions and overseers, regulators said Wednesday. ...more

October 15, 2009

Wouldn't the health care plan make fascinating reading? During the delay for a "reading" (and I didn't say comprehension) of the health care plan (notably public option) by our learned lawmakers whose coffers were padded by big insurance and by how much? Interesting me thinks. ...more

October 1, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — An act expanding insurance coverage for kidney transplants that's named for retired Miami Heat basketball star Alonzo Mourning is among 28 new laws going into effect. ...more

September 30, 2009

The Senate has sent Gov. Charlie Crist's office a long list of questions about his latest gambling deal with the Seminole Tribe. ...more

September 15, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Florida can expect more potential deficits during the next three budget years. The Legislature's top economist, Amy Baker, laid out that scenario Thursday for the Legislative Budget Commission. It'll be part of a three-year financial outlook the panel will finalize when it meets again Sept. 15. ...more

September 3, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a new 20-year, $6.8 billion gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe, hours before tonight's deadline. ...more

August 31, 2009

our oceans. There are currently two bills up for discussion in the Senate that would allow offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, an area teeming with marine wildlife and valuable fisheries. ...more

August 26, 2009