Unemployment rates moved higher in all of the nation's largest metropolitan areas in February with Indiana's Elkhart-Goshen and North Carolina's Hickory-Lenoir-Morgantown registering the biggest annual increases. ...more

April 1, 2009

The number of Florida's kindergarteners showing early literacy skills reached its highest point to date and Highlands County scores improved on all three screening tests administered to kindergarteners. ...more

December 28, 2008

Despite five chronically late flights serving Tampa International Airport in July, on-time arrival and departure performance improved compared with a year ago, according to a U.S. Department of Transportation report issued Wednesday. ...more

September 4, 2008

SEBRING — More Highlands County third-graders scored at or above grade level in math and reading compared to the state average, according to Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results released Wednesday. However, about 146 third-graders, or 15 percent of the students, will have to pass another test after a summer reading camp to be promoted to fourth grade. They scored in Level 1 or the lowest level of the assessment scale. Eighty-percent of the county's third-graders scored in Level 3 or above in math. Statewide, and last year in Highlands County, 76 percent had achieved that level. In FCAT reading, that number was 74 percent compared to last year's 70 percent and this year's state percentage of 72 percent. ...more

May 21, 2008

The local labor force has grown by nearly 3,000 since 2006. That has not translated to a stronger job market. In fact, the opposite is true. ...more

April 19, 2008

Hillsborough Schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia will make $290,518 this year after adding a bonus for improved student performance during 2006-07. ...more

January 15, 2008

In your editorial on Nov. 21, you criticized the University of South Florida for focusing on a modern six-year graduation rate for students, rather than the four-year curriculum defined in a paradigm established long ago. The editorial was off the mark for several reasons. ...more

November 30, 2007

TAMPA - Workers in the Tampa Bay area were a bit happier last month but ranked dead last among the listed cities in job confidence and satisfaction, according to a survey released this week. ...more

November 1, 2007