We'll take Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson at his word that the problem experienced posting vote tallies there Tuesday night wasn't the fault of the county's still-new optical-scanning voting system. In Pasco and Pinellas, which like Hillsborough and other Florida counties were forced to switch to optical scanning by the Legislatures, things also went fairly well. ...more

August 30, 2008

Progress Energy Florida customers could pay a lot more for electricity beginning next year, the St. Petersburg-based utility said this morning. ...more

August 29, 2008

WellCare Health Plans Inc. and several other health care companies have notified Florida that they will pull out of a pilot program aimed at providing HMO-style health coverage for Medicaid recipients in two Florida counties outside the Tampa Bay area, state officials said Thursday. ...more

August 28, 2008

The lingering tropical moisture that will spark thunderstorms this afternoon over the Tampa Bay area should be the last effects of Tropical Storm Fay. ...more

August 24, 2008

Local businesses are likely to get an advantage over out-of-county businesses in getting Highlands County government contracts. ...more

August 24, 2008

MELBOURNE As if a fourth straight day of rain from Tropical Storm Fay wasn't enough, weary residents are now dealing with quintessentially Floridian fallout: alligators, snakes and other critters driven from their swampy lairs into flooded streets, backyards and doorsteps. ...more

August 21, 2008

Hillsborough County's breakneck growth stumbled from 2006 to 2007, marking the smallest population gain this decade -- fewer people than Polk or Pasco counties. ...more

August 7, 2008

Riverside Bank has announced a sweepstakes in which one person will win $5,000 in free gas. The contest was started in response to high gas prices and a slumping economy. ...more

July 27, 2008

If you need extra motivation to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes this summer, consider this from the Florida Department of Health: ...more

July 12, 2008

Wounded Warrior Program Assists Soldiers The U.S. Army established the U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program in 2005 to provide severely wounded soldiers and their families advocacy and follow-up with personal support so they can return to duty or to civilian life. ...more

July 11, 2008