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Land banking; Healthy demand for health care jobs; Cash crops; Tri-County businesses win NorthCoast 99 Award; Painesville Pursues Wind Power Project; Ohio tops in attracting new companies; Jobs added in 42 states; Ohio has the biggest gain…

H2A Guest-Worker Program: a regulatory nightmare for local employers; Six Community Challenges for 2012; A World Apart; Local Companies with High Growth Sales, 2011

Congrats Steve LaTourette; Lake County Eastern Governments Form Cooperative; Unemployment Rate; House Price Declines; Legislative Breakfast Scheduled for 2-27-12; Married couples now in minority; Half of Us are Poor; Farm of the Future

Getting In Shape; Government’s Retreat: Whether we like it or not, it is time to expect less from government; Private Prisons Hit Snags; NE Ohio’s manufacturing sector flexing its muscle; Asian Carp for Dinner?

Economists: There’s no quick fix for our economic woes; We’re in a cranky mood; Why America Must Revive Its Middle Class

Growth Spurt in IT Industry; Getting Around in Growing Cities; Edible Landscaping

Some good news for the economy: The IT industry is having a growth spurt. Spending on information technology will climb by about 5% next year, following a 7% jump this year over last. Consumers shelling out for hot new gadgets play a part, but the biggest outlays are by firms upgrading equipment and services. Total U.S. expenditures on IT will near $625 billion in 2012, vs. $600 billion in 2011.