Legislative budget negotiators have agreed to increase public school spending by an average of $28 per student. ...more

May 1, 2009

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has given the go-ahead for construction to begin on a regional hurricane shelter and health care clinic planned for Arthur F. Engle Memorial Park. ...more

March 20, 2009

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has given the go-ahead for construction to begin on a regional hurricane shelter and health care clinic that will be built in Arthur F. Engle Memorial Park. FEMA sent an approval letter Wednesday to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, the office of state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, reported. ...more

March 19, 2009

The Supreme Court's recent ruling that federal approval of a drug is no protection from lawsuits is a victory for patients in a climate that lately has allowed businesses to hide behind government regulations. ...more

March 18, 2009

Facing a Dec. 1 application deadline, the Pasco County Commission today approved a foreclosure rescue plan. ...more

November 25, 2008

What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? ...more

August 28, 2008

A drug made by Genentech received federal approval Friday to treat breast cancer, a decision that could represent a major shift in standards for assessing the effectiveness of cancer medicines. ...more

February 23, 2008

When Ernest Fernandez stops by to check out the rehabilitation of his grandparents' historical boardinghouse, he hardly recognizes what it has become. ...more

December 10, 2007

The Seminole Tribe of Florida's leaders have spent millions on lavish homes, boxing rings, basketball courts and other gifts for themselves and relatives as the tribe's gambling enterprise has expanded into one of the nation's largest, a newspaper's investigation shows. ...more

November 26, 2007