ST. PETERSBURG In a town hall meeting in St. Petersburg Friday, Barack Obama used a town hall meeting in St. Petersburg Friday to outlined a new economic stimulus plan he wants Congress to enact even before he takes office, to be paid for with a windfall profits tax on oil company profits. ...more

August 1, 2008

County Commissioner Jeff Stabins has unveiled his idea of an economic stimulus plan he believes will put builders and subcontractors back to work by rehabilitating homes of residents whose household incomes fall below 50 percent of the median. ...more

August 1, 2008

County Commissioner Jeff Stabins has unveiled his idea of an economic stimulus plan he believes will put builders and subcontractors back to work by rehabilitating homes of residents whose household incomes fall below 50 percent of the median. ...more

August 1, 2008

Apparel retailers who once saw the government's economic stimulus plan as way to heat up winter's dismal sales are wondering if it's ever going to get warm. ...more

June 3, 2008

SEBRING — When it comes to drumming up business here, the real estate and home building industries in Highlands County may be going coastal. Builders and Realtors are taking a serious look at funding an advertising campaign targeted at residents of coastal communities, to convince them that they can leave the coast for a better, and cheaper, lifestyle here. An open meeting for anybody interested in the possible coastal ad campaign is set for 2 p.m. May 29 in the Highlands County Commission chambers. ...more

May 21, 2008

SEBRING — Ever since a citizens advisory committee on impact fees was proposed, one rumor has swirled around it – that some members would recommend suspending impact fees as a financial incentive to kick start the sluggish building industry. That rumor never was verified, but it doesn't matter now. Suspending impact fees, and suspending building permit fees, too, will be discussed openly at the top level of county government as a means to lift up the local economy. County Commissioner Guy Maxcy guaranteed that will happen Tuesday when he brought the idea up at the county commission meeting. ...more

February 19, 2008

"Just Do It," one of Nike's ad slogans, might also be something the government should use to encourage consumers to spend their expected tax rebates. ...more

February 6, 2008

The success of the federal $150 billion emergency economic stimulus plan will hinge on whether American consumers do what they do best - spend, spend, spend. ...more

January 26, 2008

What Happened Monday While U.S. markets were closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the world's other major economies went into tailspins. Stocks lost value in 42 of the 43 nations with widely followed markets - the only exception was Sri Lanka. A German index fell the most since the Sept. 11 attacks. An index in India had the second-worst decline in its history. ...more

January 22, 2008

TAMPA Rudy Giuliani began a three-day campaign swing in Florida on Wednesday, calling for a larger U.S. military and pushing an economic stimulus plan that he says will help the middle class by cutting corporate taxes. ...more

December 26, 2007