Lottery money This is a quote from "Game Plan" on the front page of the Tribune on March 7: "The lottery gives $1.1 million to the Florida Council for Compulsive Gambling, which offers hotline help and public service ads." ...more

March 11, 2010

A group of blind residents is protesting a proposal in the Legislature to delay voting by paper ballot until 2016 for voters with physical disabilities. ...more

March 4, 2010

MIAMI (AP) — The federal government has stopped reimbursing a Miami doctor who wrote nearly 97,000 prescriptions for mental health drugs to Medicaid patients over 18 months, in a case that prompted a key senator to call for a nationwide investigation. ...more

December 17, 2009

Police Chief Ken Albano calls it an unprecedented move. At the request of the Temple Terrace City Council and with the buy-in of the police department, the Fraternal Order of Police Florida Council has relinquished pay increases to sworn city police officers during the 2009-10 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1. ...more

October 21, 2009

A forward-thinking bill meant to defend Florida's military bases from indiscriminate budget cuts is progressing in the Legislature. And that should be good for the nation's defense and Florida's economy. ...more

March 31, 2009

Three Florida business leaders have offered job creation proposals to the state Senate Select Committee on Florida's Economy. ...more

January 15, 2009

Thank you, Melissa Dojka, for having the courage to tell this community about the rape you suffered at the hands of three marauding thugs who, if found guilty in a court of law, should be locked up for life. ...more

September 22, 2008

Melissa Dojka said she thought she would tell those close to her about how she was raped, not thousands of people. ...more

September 12, 2008

Rape victims say they make their stories public to help themselves and others. ...more

September 11, 2008

County residents will get the chance to pick their preferred method of mass transit during a July 31 workshop sponsored by the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA). ...more

July 25, 2008