The Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Thursday to provide health insurance to 11 million low-income children, a bill that would for the first time open the program to legal immigrant children and pregnant women. ...more

January 30, 2009

Legislation is in the works to extend the two-year freeze on Citizens Property Insurance homeowner policy rate increases Florida lawmakers imposed on the state's insurer of last resort. ...more

January 13, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist says he's contemplating an emergency freeze on foreclosures for the holidays. ...more

November 24, 2008

It's the new "F" word: foreclosure. At the Tampa Housing Authority's Center for Affordable Homeownership, counselors encourage people to say it, talk about it and learn how to avoid it. ...more

November 22, 2008

It's the new "F" word: foreclosure. At the Tampa Housing Authority's Center for Affordable Homeownership, counselors encourage people to say it, talk about it and learn how to avoid it. ...more

November 21, 2008

Advancing Civil Rights Re: "Denied Equal Rights" (Letter Of The Day, Nov. 7): ...more

November 21, 2008

Christopher Barnard of Tarpon Springs says he hopes op-ed page columnist James Hibbs, a student at the University of Florida, is not representative of today's youth. Hibbs opposed the Proposition 2 constitutional amendment. ...more

November 15, 2008

A warning was given at the start of Wednesday's fire board meeting. ...more

November 13, 2008

Floridians continue to struggle to keep their homes out of foreclosure. One in every 157 homeowners received a foreclosure filing in October, the third-highest state foreclosure rate, according to California-based RealtyTrac. ...more

November 13, 2008

I have always believed the price of fuel would come down if we would just go ahead and drill for it. One political party says, "It will take 10 years to get any results from drilling." Think about it. Another political party says, "There is enough oil and natural gas in a remote area of Alaska under pressure. All we have to do is stick a pipe in the ground and it will come spewing out. ...more

October 25, 2008