When Progress Energy announced plans more than two years ago to build a nuclear plant in Levy County, the project met little resistance. ...more

February 21, 2009

A Toyota Prius is not a limousine, according to a panel of federal judges. In a decision affirming a lower court ruling, the Atlanta-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Pinellas County limo company owner Moshe Leib after Hillsborough regulators said it was a stretch calling the gas-stingy Prius a limousine. ...more

February 21, 2009

A Toyota Prius is not a limousine, according to a panel of federal judges. In a decision affirming a lower court ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Pinellas County limo company owner Moshe Leib after Hillsborough regulators said it was a stretch calling the gas-stingy Prius a limousine. ...more

February 20, 2009

A public forum in Tampa Wednesday to discuss the government's banking and economic-recovery plans revealed the local business community deeply worried about the immediate financial future. ...more

February 20, 2009

Federal regulators on Thursday suspended WellCare Health Plans Inc. from signing up new customers for its Medicare-backed insurance and drug plans, and sternly scolded the company for faults. ...more

February 20, 2009

Federal regulators Thursday suspended WellCare Health Plans Inc. from signing up any new customers for its Medicare-backed insurance and drug plans and sternly scolded the company for faults. ...more

February 19, 2009

The oversized flagpole outside Chiaramonte Elementary School conceals revenue the school has enjoyed the past two years. ...more

February 17, 2009

Nevada gambling regulators have warned casinos in the state about a card-counting program that works on Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPod Touch that illegally helps players beat the house in blackjack. ...more

February 16, 2009

Many politicians, editorialists and citizens have weighed in on the recent decision by State Farm to withdraw from Florida's property insurance market. Some of the comments have derided the decision. These comments sometimes emanate from a lack of understanding of the issues and, unfortunately, others come from people who know better. ...more

February 14, 2009

A group of area business leaders is seeking to help the community make sense of how federal funds are gong to shore up the nation's financial market. It should be a useful exercise. ...more

February 6, 2009