The demand at the United Food Bank of Plant City has never been greater. ...more

January 25, 2009

For the first time since the Great Depression, General Motors cannot call itself the world's largest automaker. Its sales fell behind Toyota in 2008, a year when GM celebrated its 100th anniversary and narrowly avoided a bankruptcy filing amid a significant downturn in the economy. ...more

January 22, 2009

For returning dignity and integrity back to the White House lost during the Clinton years. ...more

January 22, 2009

One day after the nation's unemployment rate jumped to a 16-year high, President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday again raised the estimate of how many jobs would result from his economic recovery plan, saying it would create or save 3 million to 4 million jobs, nearly 90 percent in the private sector, by the end of 2010. ...more

January 11, 2009

A staggering 2.6 million jobs disappeared in 2008, the most since World War II, and the pain is only getting worse with 11 million Americans out of work and searching. Unemployment hit a 16-year high of 7.2 percent in December and could be headed for 10 percent or even higher by year's end. ...more

January 10, 2009

War in the Gaza Strip demonstrates yet again that the current governance paradigm for the Palestinian people has failed. Terrorists financed and supplied by Iran control Gaza; the Palestinian Authority is broken, probably irretrievably; and economic development is stalled in Gaza and the West Bank. Palestinians are suffering the consequences of regional power struggles played out through them as surrogates. ...more

January 7, 2009

The downturn in the local construction industry has claimed the jobs of six more building department employees, the county announced Monday. ...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

ANOTHER MILLION LAYOFFS: More than 1 million jobs were lost in 2008, and this year isn't expected to be any better. ...more

January 4, 2009

On the same day they appointed Joe Creech interim building official, county commissioners also sent a clear message to him and his staff: Improve customer service and efficiency. ...more

December 30, 2008