by Michael Peltier and David Royse, The News Service of Florida We look forward to the year with a roundup of the stories we think might be the biggest this year in state government and politics. Happy New Year. 12. a new Legislature or more of the same? When voters approved Amendment 5 and Amendment [...]

Here we are again in a new year, the time for resolutions to work on everything we’ve dreamed about — getting organized, living better, looking better, maybe just eating better. anything that doesn’t cost a mint, since we blew most of the bank account on last month’s holidays. Fortunately BT advertisers, as always, have special [...]

The social worker is telling my retired mom (nearly 65) to deplete her IRA (her only savings) to pay for very expensive home health care (has no insurance and doesn't qualify because she is married of allt hings) like TPN and nursing and such. Even if she did this, it wouldn't be enough to cover [...]