Bad guys hoping to get away with murder might have a harder time now that Sophie's back on the job. ...more

December 31, 2008

The most heartbreaking e-mail alerts that crossed my computer screen this holiday season arrived from an active, progressive union that has set up a fund for medical benefits for widows and orphans of their former members. ...more

December 21, 2008

In November, nearly three years after Bob Puccinelli filed his claim for benefits and nine months after his death, the Labor Department determined toxic chemicals at the Largo GE plant likely caused his cancer. His wife would receive a compensation check and be eligible for reimbursement for his medical bills. The family declined to say how much they received. ...more

December 4, 2008

Neither the former workers at a nuclear weapons plant in Largo nor Sen. Bill Nelson are buying into a recently released Inspector General report. ...more

December 1, 2008

In 2006, Florida launched the first substantial reform of Medicaid since the program was originated more than three decades ago. The goals of reform were to improve the quality of health care provided to 2.2 million poor, elderly and disabled citizens under the state-federal program and to control skyrocketing costs that threatened the sustainability of this important program. ...more

November 29, 2008

For the past seven years, Chris Dunne has owned the tropicanafield.com domain name. ...more

October 18, 2008

PepsiCo Beverages tells the owner of the Web site name "tropicanafield.com" that his use of it could lead to legal action. ...more

October 17, 2008

The judge's indignant remarks came a day after a jury acquitted a man of charges he had struck two Gulfport police officers. ...more

October 11, 2008

Pinellas Judge rejects a prosecutors demands for restituition in a case where Gulfport police beat and tasered a man in what began as a trespassing case. ...more

October 10, 2008

It's 8:30 a.m. in Steve Haberlin's class and the students are learning about life and death. ...more

October 9, 2008