Agency for Workforce Innovation Director Cynthia R. Lorenzo announced that AWI is now accepting online applications at www.floridajobs.org for additional unemployment compensation benefits available under The Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009. ...more

December 13, 2009

Nine-dollar-a-slice cheesecake at taxpayer expense angered local lawmakers and apparently isn't sitting too well with the state, either. ...more

November 27, 2009

Nine-dollar-a-slice cheesecake at taxpayer expense angered local lawmakers and it apparently isn't sitting too well with the state, either. ...more

November 25, 2009

Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October 2009 is 11.2 percent, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. ...more

November 22, 2009

Florida's unemployment rate increased slightly to 11.2 percent in October, while the Tampa Bay area's rate decreased slightly to 11.7 percent, according to figures released Friday. ...more

November 21, 2009

Hernando County dips to 13.8 percent for October; state figures inch upward to 11.2 percent ...more

November 20, 2009

Terry Williams, the senior vice president of the Pasco Hernando Jobs and Education Partnership Board, has submitted his resignation to the agency's board of directors. ...more

June 26, 2009

Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America plans to lay off 81 employees in Tampa, according to a notice it filed with Florida regulators. ...more

June 18, 2009

Florida was expected to hit a peak unemployment rate of 10.2 by early next year. ...more

March 28, 2009

With unemployment soaring, lawmakers in Tallahassee are fretting over whether to accept more than $444 million from the federal government. ...more

March 28, 2009