In seven years of selling school supplies, Traci Torres cannot remember a back-to-school shopping season shaping up as gloomy as this one. ...more

August 1, 2008

Floridians are being urged to prepare for the hurricane season that begins Sunday, but this year, those stocking up on items such as plywood, tarps and flashlights won't get a break on sales taxes. ...more

May 27, 2008

When the state lowered its revenue predictions this spring, lawmakers chose not to renew the annual sales tax holiday on hurricane supplies this year. ...more

May 19, 2008

They laughed - a lot - but cried plenty as well as they passed more than 270 new laws affecting everything from your property taxes to license plates for your car. ...more

May 4, 2008

Florida recently marked the one-year anniversary of deadly tornadoes that swept the central part of the state, killing 21 people in a heart-wrenching display of devastation. ...more

February 21, 2008

Florida wraps up a second straight year without a hurricane Friday amid signs that people have forgotten the pummeling the state took in the two previous years. ...more

November 25, 2007

TAMPA - Florida wraps up a second straight year without a hurricane Friday amid signs that people have forgotten the pummeling the state took in the two previous years. ...more

November 25, 2007

TAMPA - Florida wraps up a second straight year without a hurricane next Friday amid signs that people have forgotten the pummeling the state took in the two previous years. ...more

November 23, 2007