The Senate today confirmed Regina Benjamin to be the U.S. surgeon general, elevating a well-known Alabama family physician to be the nation's top doctor. ...more

October 29, 2009

As of 7:30 a.m. today, Hillsborough County's jails housed 3,479 inmates, up to 70 percent of them arrested for drug or drug-related crimes, said sheriff's Col. Gary Terry. ...more

March 24, 2009

Highlights of the $787 billion bill signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama. Additional debt costs would add about $330 billion over 10 years. Many provisions expire in two years. ...more

February 17, 2009

Can't stop smoking? Your employer wants to help. For the first time, a growing number of companies are offering free or reduced-cost smoking cessation strategies. ...more

June 2, 2008

There is much to deplore about the practice of smoking cigarettes, including the likelihood the vile habit played a role in the too-early deaths of silver-screen giants Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Lon Chaney, Ingrid Bergman and Yul Brynner. ...more

May 29, 2008

Pasco County government offices could soon become smoke-free. County commissioners on Tuesday directed their staff and attorneys to look into changing policy so that new employees would have to commit to being nonsmokers. ...more

May 28, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY The Pasco County Commission today briefly discussed the possibility of hiring only nonsmokers. ...more

May 27, 2008

Pasco County is considering a policy requiring new hires to be nonsmokers. ...more

May 27, 2008