Florida

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  Tea party tax returns show activism on a budget

  By Stephen Braun  |  May 17, 2013

  Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities, according to an Associated Press review of public tax filings by 93 such activist groups. A few groups built...

• 89 charged in Medicare fraud busts in eight cities

  By Kelli Kennedy, Pete Yost  |  May 14, 2013

  Nearly 100 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-funded program for roughly $223 million in bogus charges in a massive bust spanning eight cities, federal authorities said Tuesday.

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  Florida Senate extends annuity law to all ages

  By Maria Wood  |  May 14, 2013

  The new law would also impose stricter criteria when recommending an exchange or replacement of an annuity.

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  Ammo against PPACA? Medical discount cards

  By Gina Binole  |  May 14, 2013

  Employers increasingly are turning to medical discount cards as a way to boost benefits and employee spirits without busting their bottom lines.

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  What is a DB pension really worth?

  By Rich White  |  May 9, 2013

  “How much retirement income can I realistically count on from my pension?” is a relatively new question in the financial lexicon. Advisors are just starting to address it.

• Group of conservatives backs immigration action

  By Erica Werner  |  May 9, 2013

  More than two dozen conservative leaders have signed on to a statement supporting action to overhaul the nation's immigration laws and calling legislation pending in the Senate an "important starting point."

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  Study: Immigration bill would help Social Security

  By Erica Werner  |  May 8, 2013

  A bipartisan immigration bill pending in the Senate would strengthen the Social Security trust fund by adding millions of workers to tax rolls, and provide a boost to the overall economy, according to an analysis Wednesday by the Social Security Administration.

• Unemployment rates fall in 90 percent of US cities

  By Christopher S. Rugaber  |  May 1, 2013

  Unemployment rates fell in nearly 90 percent of large U.S. cities in March, though most of the declines likely occurred because more Americans stopped looking for work, rather than found jobs.

• Florida Senate rejects pension changes

  By Bruce Schreiner  |  May 1, 2013

  The Florida Senate on Tuesday defeated a proposal to revamp the state's vast public retirement system for future employees, denying House Speaker Will Weatherford one of his top goals for this legislative session.

• Florida Senate passes Negron's Medicaid bill

  By Associated Press  |  April 30, 2013

  The Senate has passed a bill that would accept more than $50 billion federal dollars and offer health coverage to more than 1 million Floridians under the federal health law.