Tony La Russa, Jim Leyland, Joe Torre and Mike Scioscia were selected Tuesday for the "special committee for on-field matters," which baseball Commissioner Bud Selig will chair and will meet for the first time next month. ...more

December 15, 2009

A key panel unanimously recommended Thursday that Gov. Rod Blagojevich be impeached for abusing his power, mismanaging Illinois government and committing possible criminal acts. ...more

January 8, 2009

The region's transportation authority is a step closer to picking a permanent executive director. A special committee held interviews Monday and narrowed the list of applicants to three. Among the names for the job going into next week's final round of interviews is Bob Clifford, planning director for the Department of Transportation's District 7 in Tampa. ...more

October 14, 2008

Wanted: executive director for a year-old, regional transportation authority trying to figure out what to build, where to build and how to pay for it all. ...more

August 23, 2008

Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has called for an independent audit to ensure that Florida receives "every last dime" that WellCare Health Plans owes the state. ...more

July 26, 2008

An internal audit warned last year that the state board that invests local government money should have a special committee to review overall risk in the agency's investments, and that it was relying on too few brokerages when buying securities. ...more

January 4, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - It's the kind of story you could write a book about: A 35-year-old single mother of three is fired from her state job after refusing to go along with a scheme to pardon criminals who bribe aides to the governor. ...more

December 29, 2007

WellCare Health Plans, which was scheduled to release its audited third-quarter earnings report Monday, announced Friday that it will postpone the filing of its formal quarterly report to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Instead, it will report unaudited preliminary financial and operating information. ...more

November 2, 2007