Gov. Charlie Crist says Florida is applying for its first installment of federal Medicaid stimulus money. ...more

March 9, 2009

The owners of the future Five Guys Burgers and Fries recently hit a snag during the permit process. ...more

February 27, 2009

An accountant who submitted false statements to a bank so he could get loans for his business and his clients was sentenced today in federal court to one year and a day in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. ...more

February 25, 2009

Expecting a legal battle, University of South Florida administrators still plan to investigate the events that captured on camera a high-ranking dean taking a student's bike. ...more

February 24, 2009

Expecting a legal battle, University of South Florida administrators still plan to investigate the events that captured on camera a high-ranking dean taking a student's bike. ...more

February 23, 2009

ZEPHYRHILLS - Kathy Lovelace lost her job and was about to lose her house, too. But then she made a seemingly simple request of the bank: Show me the original mortgage paperwork. And just like that, the foreclosure proceedings came to a standstill. ...more

February 18, 2009

"Oh, it's sore, but not too bad." Some people are like that. I had driven my mom down to visit someone in the intensive care unit at Tampa General Hospital, and she had taken off her jacket and was trying to put on the required gown mask and gloves. That's when I noticed one arm was swollen so much she looked like Popeye. ...more

February 6, 2009

Yvonne Mason wrote to the state Agency for Persons With Disabilities in early September, challenging a 42 percent cut in funding to care for her autistic, schizophrenic son. ...more

February 6, 2009

The design of a proposed 90-acre landfill near Dade City violates state regulations and has flaws so serious that a redesign may be necessary to protect the environment, a consultant says. ...more

February 6, 2009

Carol Carter, a veteran official of the Hillsborough County Republican Party, is resigning her post as result of a flap over a seemingly racist email joke she forwarded to friends. Carter is the third prominent local Republican in four months to be stung by controversy over emails with racial overtones. ...more

February 5, 2009