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

2 New Macy's Offices Macy's will open two small district offices in Clearwater as part of a major restructuring of its national operations. ...more

February 5, 2009

Tourism, teachers and the disabled will benefit from Gov. Charlie Crist's decision on Tuesday to preserve nearly $365 million in state spending that lawmakers had proposed cutting this month. ...more

January 28, 2009

As families and advocates ask Gov. Charlie Crist to veto budget cuts affecting the developmentally disabled, lawmakers are trying to find a way to restore at least some of those dollars. ...more

January 24, 2009

By 2017, consumers and taxpayers will spend more than $4 trillion on health care, accounting for $1 of every $5 spent, the federal government projects. ...more

February 26, 2008

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said he will sue Ingenix, its parent UnitedHealth Group and three subsidiaries, saying the insurers are defrauding consumers by manipulating how much doctors and hospitals are reimbursed. ...more

February 14, 2008

A unit of CVS Caremark Corp., the largest U.S. drugstore chain by number of stores, sued rival Walgreen Co., claiming it prematurely canceled contracts to fill prescriptions for 70,000 people. ...more

November 8, 2007

When Congress launched the school lunch program in 1946, it was a national security issue: One-third of the men rejected for military service during World War II were undernourished. ...more

October 15, 2007

Linda Manci treks from Valrico to Plant City to buy farm-fresh produce, splitting the bounty - and cost - among friends. ...more

October 12, 2007

Subdued lawmakers convened in Tallahassee Wednesday for a third session in nine months, this time to knock some $1 billion from the $71 billion budget they approved just four months ago. ...more

October 4, 2007