Broadway came back to life Thursday as stage-starved fans lined up in the cold for tickets and theaters reopened their doors following a 19-day stagehands strike that took a big toll on the local economy. ...more

November 30, 2007

The Florida Tomato Growers Exchange, an agricultural cooperative, is right to encourage its members not to participate in so-called "penny-per-pound" agreements being pushed by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. The exchange has cited concerns with these deals related to federal and state antitrust, labor and racketeering laws. ...more

November 28, 2007

If you're reading this, you've got good reading habits. But your teenager, now that's a different story. ...more

November 25, 2007

Landmark deals to boost wages for Florida tomato pickers are in danger of collapsing under pressure from Burger King and a growers group, the latter threatening $100,000 fines against any members who participate. ...more

November 24, 2007

I would love to know what the problem is with the job market and the salary in Highlands County. ...more

October 7, 2007

If the idea of temporary staffing conjures up images of '70s secretaries and steno pools, it's time to update your thinking. ...more

September 24, 2007

Health insurance premiums paid by workers and their employers rose an average of 6.1 percent this year, outpacing inflation and pay increases and taking a bigger chunk out of families' budgets, according to a new survey. ...more

September 12, 2007

Four years ago the Bush administration, exploiting the political bounce it got from the illusion of success in Iraq, pushed a cut in capital-gains and dividend taxes through Congress. It was an extremely elitist tax cut even by Bush-era standards: The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center says that more than half of the tax breaks went to Americans with incomes of more than $1 million a year. ...more

September 12, 2007