The plaintiffs fighting for the Board of Governors' right to set public university tuition in Florida have no standing to sue the Legislature unless they can show otherwise, a Leon County judge ruled today. ...more

January 3, 2008

NEW TAMPA New Tampa homeowners are mad as hell and they're not going to take it anymore. In October, homeowner discontent with developers boiled over. In Live Oak Preserve, residents took to the street, protesting against Engle Homes and its developer-owned cable company, during a sales event. ...more

January 2, 2008

Hillsborough Circuit Judge Frank Gomez will decide whether Cory Lake Isles developer Gene Thomason can keep his business finances private. ...more

January 2, 2008

Japan's prime minister apologized Tuesday to four people who contracted hepatitis C from tainted blood products and promised to enact legislation to compensate them. ...more

December 26, 2007

A union that represents some nursing home employees asked a judge on Friday to block the takeover of Florida homes by a private-equity firm. ...more

December 23, 2007

The property owners association response to a lawsuit filed by seven Cory Lake Isles homeowners over access to financial records can be summed up in one word: denied. ...more

November 29, 2007

Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday agreed to settle class-action lawsuits covering plaintiffs in four states who claimed its Explorer sport utility vehicles were prone to rollovers, the company and an attorney for the plaintiffs said. ...more

November 29, 2007

Developer Gene Thomason last week told residents of his 1,000-home gated community to get ready for a bumpy ride, right before he and his lawyer walked out on them. ...more

November 19, 2007

For more than a decade, homeowners in New Tampa's posh Cory Lake Isles subdivision wrote checks to developer Gene Thomason and never questioned where the money went. ...more

November 13, 2007

A Segway transporter is a fantastic invention and by many accounts, fun to ride. But the two-wheeled device is dangerous in crowded places, and that includes Florida theme parks. ...more

November 13, 2007