Three years ago, the Department of Children & Families found many of the same problems at the Tampa Bay Academy that other state regulators found this month: inadequate staffing, abuse complaints and an alleged sexual assault. ...more

December 30, 2008

State officials found that an inadequate and poorly trained staff at the Tampa Bay Academy in Riverview led to abuse complaints, patient escapes and at least one alleged sexual assault. Three years ago. ...more

December 29, 2008

In an orange grove east of here, rows of tree stumps mark the hard reality of an endemic disease that growers fear could cripple Florida's $9.3 billion citrus industry. ...more

December 21, 2008

Tampa Bay Academy officials are trying to stop the state from suspending their license, despite accusations that they exposed their workers and the children in their care to danger. ...more

December 19, 2008

State investigators ordered the removal of 54 children and teenagers from the Tampa Bay Academy in Riverview after finding the academy failed to protect its residents and staff from "known and obvious dangerous behaviors." ...more

December 18, 2008

State investigators have found "substandard conditions" at the Tampa Bay Academy in Riverview and ordered the removal of 54 children and teenagers from the academy's residential treatment program. ...more

December 17, 2008

Florida is receiving $587,000 as part of a multistate settlement with toy maker Mattel and subsidiary Fisher-Price. ...more

December 16, 2008

Bright House Networks officials say Verizon technicians are leaving wires loose in cable TV boxes at customer homes, posing an electrocution and fire hazard. And they're asking state officials to step into the dispute. ...more

December 12, 2008

TAMPA -- Bright House Networks officials say Verizon technicians are leaving wires loose in cable TV boxes at customer homes, posing an electrocution and fire hazard. And they're asking state officials to step into the dispute. Verizon officials say the issue is blown out of proportion. ...more

December 11, 2008

Scheduling problems have delayed talks between state officials and the Seminole Tribe about its gambling compact, a lawyer for the Seminoles said. ...more

December 6, 2008