More than a quarter of Pasco County's insured homeowners will have to find a new insurer after State Farm's announcement this week that it plans to stop insuring residential property in the state. ...more

January 29, 2009

Bracing for state budget cuts due to the economic downturn, Highlands County Superintendent of Schools Wally Cox is asking his administrators to meet with their staff to rank 10 suggested budget-cutting measures. ...more

January 29, 2009

STATE FARM'S POLICY PLAN State Farm's plan to drop more than 1 million homeowner policies would not be done at once. It would spread the cancellations over a two-year period, ending late in 2011. Here's how the timing would work: ...more

January 28, 2009

HOW EMPLOYEES ANSWERED Most of the employees who responded were teachers, and most of them overwhelmingly rejected the budget-cutting ideas. The results are percentages and represent whether employees agree/strongly agree or disagree/strongly disagree: ...more

January 17, 2009

The U.S. House on Wednesday approved a major expansion of federally funded health coverage for children, a measure that would slam cigar manufacturers in Tampa and across the country with a big tax increase. ...more

January 15, 2009

Newly unemployed Americans will have to spend about 30 percent of their jobless benefits on average to pay for health insurance through their former employer, according to a new report. ...more

January 10, 2009

She doesn't normally impose on perfect strangers, but there was something about the situation that impelled Allysa Forrest to dig deeper. ...more

January 7, 2009

A group of Brandon and Valrico residents met Dec. 20 at the Bloomingdale Regional Library for a public meeting to discuss health care reform. ...more

January 7, 2009

A camel, they say, is a horse designed by committee. To take the expression further, let's call it a committee of experts. After all, only "experts" could take something as graceful as a horse and replace it with something as difficult as a camel. ...more

January 4, 2009

Today is the last day for some Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in or change Medicare Part D, and there may be people panicking. ...more

December 31, 2008