Tampa Bay’s already-depressed construction industry just crumpled to a new low.

For the 12-month period ending in January, the bay area lost more construction jobs than any other metro region in the country. That dropped construction employment here to the lowest level since the federal government began tracking it in 1990.

Only 43,000 construction jobs are left in an area that bragged it was one of the country’s top growth spots just six years ago. January’s dismal tally shows bay area construction …

Luzerne County interim Manager Tom Pribula concluded an offer from prison union employees to give up a 3-percent pay increase this year would tie the hands of management.

Pribula is now moving ahead with plans to lay off 11 union employees and five probationary employees on March 1, and county council members are not sure if they will vote to approve the wage-reduction deal. Union members voted Monday to accept terms of a deal, and Pribula and Council Chairman Jim Bobeck …

Tampa Bay’s already-depressed construction industry just crumpled to a new low.

For the 12-month period ending in January, the bay area lost more construction jobs than any other metro region in the country. That dropped construction employment here to the lowest level since the federal government began tracking it in 1990.

Only 43,000 construction jobs are left in an area that bragged it was one of the country’s top growth spots just six years ago. January’s dismal tally shows bay area construction …

Three graduates of John Marshall Law School in Chicago sued the university Wednesday over claims that it inflated its post-graduate employment information to attract students.

“By publishing false and misleading employment data, John Marshall creates an impression of bountiful employment opportunity that in reality does not exist, and convinces plaintiffs and the putative class members to take on substantial debt to finance their JMLS education,” the lawsuit said.

Joseph Reyes, one of the plaintiffs, graduated in May and has still not found …

GMAC, now called Ally Financial, was just about to receive the last of $17 billion in taxpayer bailouts. The board, including directors named by the government, discussed whether to use bankruptcy to get rid of toxic mortgage assets that were pulling down the rest of the company, according to people who attended the meeting.

Alvaro de Molina, GMAC’s CEO at the time, disagreed. The move, he said, would lead to years of fights with creditors and tough treatment from regulators that …

GMAC, now called Ally Financial, was just about to receive the last of $17 billion in taxpayer bailouts. The board, including directors named by the government, discussed whether to use bankruptcy to get rid of toxic mortgage assets that were pulling down the rest of the company, according to people who attended the meeting.

Alvaro de Molina, GMAC’s CEO at the time, disagreed. The move, he said, would lead to years of fights with creditors and tough treatment from regulators that …

Outsourcing of America continues .. a few things that most people haven’t really heard about and the news is not covering happened in the past couple months.

First is GE moving its advanced diagnosis equipment plant to China. This was a factory located in I believe Minnesota that built Xray, CAT Scan and MRI equipment that cost hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars per unit.

Now the only benefit is that the Chinese will mass produce these items and possibly that …

The Federal Government is saying that Gibson could legally import finished fret boards instead of raw material that has been cut to the size of the neck of the guitar fret board.

This would mean that at least 40 people who are the highest skilled in the world would lose their jobs at Gibson.

Not only would this mean people would lose the ability to care for their families.. it could mean the last and best craftsmen do not pass their …