In the wake of federal and state investigations into the company and a stock market free-fall, WellCare Health Plans chief executive Todd Farha and two other executives resigned Friday. ...more

January 26, 2008

The proposed $100 million makeover of Hyde Park Village gained final rezoning approval from the Tampa City Council on Thursday. ...more

January 10, 2008

Each of Florida's 67 counties has at least one gang member in state prison, but there is no statewide law enforcement strategy to reduce gang activity, state Attorney General Bill McCollum said. ...more

December 20, 2007

The Gang Reduction Strategy Summit today and Thursday in Tallahassee will help local and state law enforcement agencies, as well as the school systems and programs that work with at-risk youth, come up with a strategy. ...more

December 19, 2007

BUSINESS BRIEFS TAMPA BAY AREA Oxygen Companies Probed An investigation into 10 oxygen providers in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties has raised enough concerns to support further examination by state investigators, Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration said Friday. The preliminary investigation by AHCA and the office of Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum centered on oxygen concentrators, equipment for patients with respiratory illnesses such as emphysema. The 12-member team of investigators found instances of billing for equipment that was never delivered to patients, the AHCA said. ...more

December 15, 2007

The attorney generals of Florida and New York said Tuesday they have settled an investigation into Student Financial Services Inc., a student loan provider based in Clearwater that allegedly paid colleges and sports marketing firms fees to get student loan business. ...more

December 11, 2007

UnitedHealth Group executives acknowledge that missteps have frustrated patients and doctors and cost it customers, although it predicts a turnaround next year as it strives to improve customer service and roll out new types of health plans. ...more

December 7, 2007

Members of Florida's university oversight board on Wednesday approved a code of conduct for its public universities to follow when dealing with student lenders. ...more

December 6, 2007

Twenty years after her allegations of a racially charged rape became a national flashpoint, Tawana Brawley's mother and stepfather want to reopen the case, a newspaper reported Sunday. ...more

November 19, 2007

A Florida organization that assisted hundreds of illegal immigrants in fleeing to Canada must close and return thousands of dollars it collected from the immigrants, who thought they would be given legal status in that country, Florida's attorney general said Friday. ...more

November 10, 2007