Late next month, the U.S. Census Bureau will begin testing applicants to fill more than 1,000 jobs around the Tampa Bay area for the 2010 census. ...more

February 18, 2009

Starting in April, if someone poking around your house says they're with the Census Bureau, they may actually be. ...more

February 18, 2009

The Lake Placid Memorial Library is set to launch a new pilot program on Feb. 19 called START, which stands for Stay Active Retirement Trends. ...more

February 16, 2009

2010 Year that tax cuts for high earners enacted by President Bush expire $250,000 ...more

January 19, 2009

The average cost of nursing home care in Hernando County is on a par with other facilities throughout Florida and the nation. ...more

January 6, 2009

Florida's population growth crawled to a near standstill last year, in part the result of a national recession. ...more

January 5, 2009

Here's the vacation no one wants, courtesy of the recession: Forced time off without pay. ...more

January 2, 2009

The Hernando County Career Central office has been inundated by job-seekers hoping to land one of the 1,400 U.S. Census jobs the agency recently announced. ...more

January 1, 2009

The nation's great migration south and west is slowing, thanks to a housing crisis that is making it hard for many to move. ...more

December 22, 2008

To conduct the 2010 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau will hire hundreds of thousands of census takers over the next two years, including several hundred in a region that includes Highlands County. ...more

December 14, 2008