The home foreclosure crisis will inspire still more legislation this year to protect people from fraud. ...more

January 15, 2009

At least 34 Florida businesses would be eligible to obtain low-interest loans from the state to help them expand under a bill lawmakers passed Wednesday. ...more

January 15, 2009

Now that Progress Energy Florida customers have opened their first bill with a rate increase of nearly 25 percent, legislation is taking shape that might roll back part of the increase. The utility balked at requests from state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, and state Rep. Peter Nehr, R-Tarpon Springs, to suspend the portion of the rate hike to jump-start nuclear power projects. ...more

January 14, 2009

The home foreclosure crisis will inspire still more legislation this year to protect people from fraud. State Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, learned about a trick played on renters, Fasano's chief legislative assistant, Greg Giordano, explained. ...more

January 14, 2009

Legislation is in the works to extend the two-year freeze on Citizens Property Insurance homeowner policy rate increases Florida lawmakers imposed on the state's insurer of last resort. ...more

January 13, 2009

Progress Energy Florida said Monday that it has signed a contract to build two nuclear reactors on a 5,100-acre site in Levy County. ...more

January 9, 2009

Florida lawmakers were split Thursday over spending cuts and fund shifts to resolve a budget deficit of at least $2.3 billion. ...more

January 9, 2009

The parents of a slain 23-year-old Clearwater woman who was killed acting as a confidential informant when a drug deal went bad are pushing legislation to protect future informants. ...more

January 8, 2009

Sen. Ronda Storms successfully advanced a proposal Wednesday to change which companies would qualify for Gov. Charlie Crist's small-business loan initiative. ...more

January 8, 2009

A state lawmaker says Florida should place restrictions on brokers like two Pinellas County companies that are accused of pocketing deposits made on big trucks and heavy equipment. ...more

January 7, 2009