On a recent evening here, Greg Tew, 28, considered the question: What is it like to work in a state that is creating more jobs than workers? He was sitting in the lobby of a new hotel in downtown Des Moines, part of an extensive redevelopment investment to attract workers to Iowa. ...more

May 31, 2008

TAMPA -- University of South Florida women's basketball assistants Jaida Williams and Shallon Pillow have accepted new jobs and are leaving USF. Williams will be an assistant at Cal-Santa Barbara, while Pillow will be an assistant at Hofstra. ...more

May 30, 2008

Regarding "Rays' Critics Shouldn't Be So Quick To Throw Out Stadium, Trop Plans" (Our Opinion, April 28): ...more

May 5, 2008

It's a hip, environmentally friendly office space you'd expect to find at Apple, Microsoft or Google. ...more

February 15, 2008

Contrary to popular belief, lousy pay often is not the primary reason for quitting a job. Not that money isn't important, but it's seldom the primary reason most people change jobs. ...more

February 3, 2008

TALLAHASSEE — Highlands County's unemployment rate dropped slightly in December, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. The percentage of unemployed was 4.9 last month. It was 5.1 percent in November of last year. Highlands' rate in December 2006 was 3 percent. Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in December 2007, representing 441,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,312,000. Florida's unemployment rate was up by 0.4 percentage point over the month and up by 1.4 percentage points over the year. ...more

January 20, 2008

With each passing month, it gets tougher to sell homes in the Tampa Bay area, as median sales prices keep slipping and buyers remain skittish. The pressure of making a buck in the industry appears to be leading some local real estate agents to drop out of the business. ...more

January 17, 2008

Republican rivals Mitt Romney and John McCain both promised to revive recession-ravaged Michigan and the auto industry Monday as they campaigned in a presidential primary neither can afford to lose. ...more

January 15, 2008

AVON PARK — C.B. Shirey stepped down as Avon Park's city manager to become the Avon Park Executive Airport's first dedicated airport manager. According to the text of a resolution unanimously passed by the city council on Wednesday, Shirey will continue to "provide his service and expertise and allow a smooth transition to (the interim) city manager" for the next 60 days. City Clerk Sarah Adelt will assume Shirey's old duties until the city hires his replacement. Even though three of the five council members criticized Shirey's performance as a city manager in his evaluation last month, the council agreed that Shirey should take on the smaller role. Council members were a bit concerned at first about whether Adelt could run the city in the meantime. ...more

January 3, 2008

The cheers boomed from behind the fence Sunday at Florida's practice field at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex. Every few minutes for about an hour, a roar rose as the Gators honored another departing senior during the "senior tackle" ceremony. ...more

December 30, 2007