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• ANALYSIS-Hospital investors sold on U.S. health reform despite bumps Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 12:59 AM ET

  Snow Capital identified the potential in hospital shares early on and has holdings in Community Health Systems Inc and Health Management Associates Inc.. Since the start of the year, shares of the largest publicly traded hospital chain, HCA Holdings Inc, are up 34 percent, while No. 2 Community Health has climbed 71 percent.

• IRS questions bonds from GOP donor development Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 11:16 AM ET

  The IRS has been embroiled in a dispute with The Villages for several years over whether community development districts used to help create the enclave an hour north of Orlando deserved tax-exempt status. The latest answer from the IRS is still no. The IRS says that means the district should not enjoy a tax-exempt status like other governments.

• Fla. agency accuses US Labor Dept. of bias Thursday, 6 Jun 2013 | 10:48 AM ET

  ORLANDO, Fla.-- The Florida agency in charge of job creation on Wednesday accused the U.S. Department of Labor of conducting a politicized investigation against it.

• ANALYSIS-As hurricanes loom, Florida insurance lives on borrowed time Saturday, 1 Jun 2013 | 7:59 AM ET

  *As storm season starts, Florida worries about insurance. *Florida has not been hit by a major hurricane since 2005. "It's very fortunate for Florida that is has been able to build up its reserves, but the fact of the matter is that Florida is living on borrowed time," said Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute.

• Florida legislators approve measure to speed up executions Monday, 29 Apr 2013 | 3:43 PM ET

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 29- The Florida Senate sent Governor Rick Scott a package of capital-punishment reforms on Monday designed to prevent condemned killers from spending decades on Death Row, despite warnings that speeding up the legal appeals process could lead to innocent prisoners being executed.

• U.S. watchdog to probe Florida's use of bailout money -senator Thursday, 11 Apr 2013 | 6:24 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, April 11- A federal watchdog will probe whether the state of Florida misused a fund that was supposed to help homeowners hurt by the 2007-09 recession, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida said on Thursday.

• UPDATE 1-Obama touts infrastructure in Florida trip focused on economy Friday, 29 Mar 2013 | 4:21 PM ET

  *Unclear if Congress will support proposals. MIAMI, March 29- President Barack Obama walked into the mouth of a giant tunnel in Miami on Friday to highlight proposals to boost investment in U.S. infrastructure, a move designed to show a leader still focused on the economy in the midst of broader policy battles in Washington.

• Little hope seen for millions priced out of U.S. health overhaul Tuesday, 26 Mar 2013 | 5:32 PM ET

  MIAMI, March 26- Millions of Americans will be priced out of health insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul because of a glitch in the law that adversely affects people with modest incomes who cannot afford family coverage offered by their employers, a leading healthcare advocacy group said on Tuesday.

• ANALYSIS-Arkansas Republicans seek an acceptable 'Obamacare' Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013 | 1:52 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, March 19- Two Republican state senators from Arkansas may soon accomplish what seasoned Washington politicians couldn't: make the main provisions of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul palatable to hard-core conservatives.

• UPDATE 4-Florida lieutenant governor resigns in gambling probe Wednesday, 13 Mar 2013 | 5:48 PM ET

  *Was consultant for Allied Veterans of the World. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 13- Florida Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll abruptly resigned after an Internet cafe company that was her former consulting client was linked to an alleged illegal gambling racket, state officials said on Wednesday.

• UPDATE 1-Florida Medicaid expansion suffers legislative setback Monday, 4 Mar 2013 | 4:52 PM ET

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 4- Florida Governor Rick Scott's plan to expand Medicaid coverage to cover about 1 million more poor people suffered a setback on Monday when the proposal failed to make it out of a key state legislative committee hearing.

• Florida Medicaid expansion suffers legislative setback Monday, 4 Mar 2013 | 2:58 PM ET

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 4- Florida Governor Rick Scott's plan to expand Medicaid coverage to cover about 1 million more poor people suffered a setback on Monday when the proposal failed to make it out of a key state legislative committee hearing.

• Jobless rates drop in almost all U.S. states in 2012 Friday, 18 Jan 2013 | 2:26 PM ET

  WASHINGTON, Jan 18- In almost all U.S. states, jobless rates ended 2012 lower than where they began, according to Labor Department data released on Friday that also showed unemployment rates fell from November in less than half the states.

• Florida slashes estimated cost of Medicaid expansion to $3 bln Thursday, 10 Jan 2013 | 3:19 PM ET

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan 10- In a dramatic about-face, Florida's health agency now says the cost to state taxpayers of expanding Medicaid under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law would be barely more than a tenth of its original estimate.

• UPDATE 1-White House urges parties in dock dispute to come to terms Friday, 28 Dec 2012 | 10:44 AM ET

  WASHINGTON, Dec 28- The White House on Friday urged dock workers, port owners and shippers to resolve a labor dispute that threatens to deteriorate into a strike that could affect 15 ports on the U.S.

• U.S. dock worker strike looms despite cooling-off period request Sunday, 23 Dec 2012 | 4:18 PM ET

  The International Longshoremen's Association, the union representing the dock workers, and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, the group of shippers and port operators, have been bargaining since March, but reportedly remain far from a deal covering cargo handling at 15 ports on the U.S.