President Barack Obama's chief economic advisers said Sunday that putting Americans back to work is the first order of business in working the country out of the deepest economic downturn in six decades. Only then can they start tackling the soaring federal debt. ...more

December 13, 2009

A main feature of the health bill the House passed Saturday is a requirement that everyone have medical insurance by 2013 or else pay a penalty. ...more

November 10, 2009

More unmarried women also having children. ...more

April 1, 2009

Officials with Smith & Associates Real Estate think many factors are coming together to help revive the housing market. Falling inventory, lower interest rates and federal programs aimed at saving homes from foreclosure are helping give the market a shot in the arm, they say. ...more

March 15, 2009

OPEC on Wednesday agreed to slash 2.2 million barrels from its daily production - its single largest cut ever - while bloc outsiders Russia and Azerbaijan announced their own cutbacks of hundreds of thousands of barrels from the market. ...more

December 18, 2008

Domestic airfares are rising, but Tampa International Airport travelers appear to enjoy bargains compared with those at most other airports, a report issued Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation shows. ...more

July 24, 2008

TAMPA - Signs of generosity abound in the Tampa Bay area. Visitors to cultural centers filter into buildings with wings bearing the names of those who have donated millions to furthering the arts. Students who otherwise might not be able to afford college are able to go on scholarship. Patients have access to lifesaving medical equipment purchased with donated money. From backpacks for foster children to new exhibits at museums, from promoting the art of ethnic ballet to financing snake research, the more than 160 foundations in Hillsborough County contribute about $70 million annually — a number that has grown in recent years and is expected to continue an upward trend. ...more

November 18, 2007

The rate of health-threatening high blood pressure has started rising among America's children for the first time in decades, researchers reported this week, a trend long feared by experts worried about the consequences of the obesity epidemic. ...more

September 13, 2007