ORLANDO - Florida and CSX Transportation officials have finally reached an agreement to pay the company nearly half a billion dollars as part of an effort to bring commuter rail to central Florida. ...more

November 29, 2007

With hundreds of families clamoring for a spot in the school next year, Terrace Community Middle has no problem filling its seats. ...more

November 21, 2007

Federal and state agents had a wide focus in their raid of WellCare Health Plans, seeking evidence of "monetary overpayments" received by the Tampa company from government-sponsored health programs, according to federal court records released Friday. ...more

November 17, 2007

To better fill its classrooms, University of South Florida administrators will schedule more classes on Fridays, a day most students and faculty consider free of instruction. Student and faculty reaction is mostly negative. ...more

October 25, 2007

Hold off on filling open teacher positions unless they're absolutely necessary. ...more

October 13, 2007

State lawmakers are cutting back on hospital care for poor, legal, noncitizen residents but agreed this week to give hospitals a little more help deciding how long those patients can stay. ...more

October 10, 2007

House and Senate budget leaders Monday finalized an agreement to cut about $1.l billion in state spending. The two legislative chambers will vote on it Friday in what should be a mere formality. ...more

October 9, 2007

Responding to outcry from families, lawmakers are trying to fix legislation they passed this spring that limited the state's care of people with severe developmental disabilities. ...more

October 4, 2007

A standing-room-only crowd on Wednesday used a visit from the state's top growth management official to express concerns about Florida's $491 million CSX rail realignment plan and what it might do to neighborhoods, cities and counties. ...more

September 27, 2007

State budget cuts could cost Pasco County millions of dollars in road funding, county officials learned Thursday. ...more

September 14, 2007