TALLAHASSEE (AP) - Florida's minimum wage increased to $7.21 an hour on New Year's Day, a jump of 42 cents for roughly 400,000 workers. ...more

January 4, 2009

SEBRING Like most areas of the state and the country, Highlands County saw its unemployment rate rise substantially in 2008. ...more

December 31, 2008

In better economic times, many stores and restaurants would need extra help during the winter tourist season in Highlands County. But that is not the case this year. ...more

December 23, 2008

The employment rate continues to rise in Highlands County, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. ...more

December 21, 2008

Florida's unemployment rate jumped to a 15-year high last month, rising to 7.3 percent, and the state's job losses are increasingly being felt outside of the hard-hit construction industry. ...more

December 20, 2008

The gap between Hernando County's unemployment rate and that of the state's worst-ranked county isn't what it used to be. ...more

December 20, 2008

Florida's unemployment rate jumped again last month, rising to 7.3 percent, and the state's job losses are increasingly being felt outside of the hard-hit construction industry. The number of unemployed Floridians rose to an estimated 680,000 in November, or 7.3 percent of the state's labor force of 9.3 million. The unemployment rate had been 7 percent in October, and it was just 4.4 percent in November 2007 on a seasonally adjusted basis. Florida's jobless rate is higher than the overall U.S. rate of 6.7 percent. ...more

December 19, 2008

Some took effect Sunday, according to company ...more

December 2, 2008

Cemex will hand pink slips to workers at its Brooksville North cement production plant this month, according to state records and a company spokeswoman. ...more

December 2, 2008

Bad economic news flooded in from all directions Friday, as state economists predicted tax collections would come up short by $1.4 billion and new figures showed that unemployment had soared to 7 percent. ...more

November 22, 2008