Health-related fields are two of the top four industries projected to the gain the most new jobs in the area over the next six years, according to the state agency that tracks employment numbers. ...more

March 21, 2010

Empty restaurants and shuttered shops serve as constant reminders of the crippled economy. Numbers tell the rest of the story, starting with Sarasota County's January unemployment rate of 13.4 percent. "It is a record for Sarasota County dating back to 1990," said Sally Hill of the Suncoast Workforce Board. ...more

March 12, 2010

Intel and 24 venture-capital firms are planning to invest $3.5 billion over the next two years on U.S.-based technology companies to help create new jobs. ...more

February 24, 2010

About 40 people gathered Feb. 11 at the South Shore Business Park to see what Fred Jacobsen and Jim Hosler were up to. For weeks they'd been sending out e-mails announcing the formation of a new group aimed at bringing new business to South Shore. ...more

February 24, 2010

About 40 people gathered Feb. 11 at the South Shore Business Park to see what Fred Jacobsen and Jim Hosler were up to. For weeks they'd been sending out e-mail messages announcing the formation of a new group aimed at bringing new business to South Shore. ...more

February 22, 2010

The Sadowski Coalition, a diverse collaboration of 25 statewide organizations, was disappointed to see that Gov. Charlie Crist's proposed budget diverts from affordable housing more than half the money in the trust fund for this initiative. The governor's plan calls for taking $101 million from the fund. ...more

February 22, 2010

With the unemployment rate in the United States lingering just below 10 percent and the midterm elections nine months away, job creation has become the top priority in Washington. President Barack Obama has called for transferring $30 billion in repaid bank bailout money to a small-business lending fund, saying, "Jobs will be our number one focus in 2010, and we're going to start where most new jobs do, with small business." The fund is among several measures - tax incentives, infrastructure projects, efforts to increase exports - that the White House has proposed to help boost employment. As Americans consider the various approaches, it's time to debunk some myths about what it takes to stimulate job growth. ...more

February 14, 2010

We need to work together For too long we, the "middle class," have been burdened by our government. As the president has stated, the "middle class" can no longer be sustained if we do not bring back prosperity to all Americans, not just a few. ...more

February 7, 2010

Job seekers may be able to find employment through the Florida Back to Work program being administered locally by Heartland Workforce. ...more

February 7, 2010

When U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite came to office she represented 634,000 people. Her constituency is now approaching 1 million people. She obviously has the most engaged constituency of any member of Congress. ...more

January 28, 2010