Apr 13 Spotlight City Highlights Floridians' Varied Views on Health Reform By Lea Winerman NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser and producer Terry Rubin recently traveled to Tampa, Fla., to sample residents' range of opinions on the new health care reform law. Their story is part of the NewsHour's "Spotlight City"… Continue reading
Apr 13 Former WaMu Exec: Bank Excluded from 'Too Clubby to Fail' Group The former CEO of Washington Mutual came under tough questioning in a Senate hearing Tuesday, as accusations of mortgage fraud and the selling off of questionable loans emerged from a report by a subcommittee investigating the causes of the… Continue reading
Apr 13 Follow-Up on Florida Unemployment Report Question: In a recent segment, you interviewed a man from Florida whose unemployment benefits were denied, I believe, because he failed to submit a form in a timely manner. His only notification was a letter from the unemployment office. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch Bank Chiefs Take Heat on Capitol Hill Over Foreclosure Crisis With more than three million homeowners facing foreclosure this year, banking executives testified before a House committee about why relief isn't reaching individuals in need. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Apr 12 Florida Prof: State's 'Adolescent' Economy Is Still Growing Up By Quinn Bowman Florida is used to visitors - some come to see Disney World, while others relocate to the Sunshine State after they retire. According to University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith, the state's economy has depended on constant population… Continue reading
Apr 12 Is It Fair to Describe Corporations as Sociopaths? Question: You recently said that someone’s referring to big banks as ‘sociopathic’ was perhaps ‘over the top’. But have you seen the excellent 2004 Canadian documentary, The Corporation? If not, you should. Doesn’t it make a convincing… Continue reading
Apr 12 Florida's Economic Dilemma: Change We Need, or Not? By Dante Chinni Clermont, Fla. -- Economic times are hard in this small town in the center of the Florida peninsula. Unemployment in Lake County hovers around 13 percent, and home foreclosures, which clocked in at about 5,800 last year, look to… Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch Tampa Faces Troubled Economic Recovery As part of the Spotlight City series in Tampa on how the economic crisis has affected attitudes toward government, Gwen Ifill talks to four Floridians about the unstable housing market, high unemployment rates, the soaring cost of living and the… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Winners and Losers of Florida's Foreclosure Crisis Paul Solman reports from Florida on people who have lost their homes to foreclosures and the buyers who are snapping up those properties. Continue watching
Apr 09 Tax Day Town Hall Meeting With Romer, Martinez: Ask Your Questions By Dave Gustafson We want you to be part of a town hall meeting we're hosting in Tampa -- regardless of whether you happen to live in Florida or not. Judy Woodruff is hosting the event as part of our "Spotlight… Continue reading