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Associated PressAugust 31, 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is heading to another state led by a Democratic governor as part of his push to lure jobs to the Sunshine State. Scott announced Monday that he will be traveling to Kentucky in September for a domestic economic development mission. During his inaugural address in January, Scott said he would visit […]

Staff ReportsJuly 15, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott continued a string of jobs announcements, reporting Wednesday that Feld Entertainment, which moved its international headquarters from Vienna, Va., to Ellenton in 2013, will continue to expand its workforce in Florida by relocating the corporation’s Motor Sports division to Manatee County. The live-show production company, will shift about 200 jobs and a […]

Shannon NickinsonMarch 12, 2015

Maybe this is how we do it. Most folks prefer their jobs announcements on the splashy side: Golden shovels, red ribbons, oversized scissors, the whole shebang. And there is something to be said for that. Lots of economic development professionals make their performance bonuses on the backs of those big scissors. But some of Pensacola’s […]

Guest AuthorOctober 30, 2013

Florida’s enthusiasm for disenfranchising voters is an authoritarian’s theme park. The state is dallying in an on-again-off-again hate affair with early voting. It regularly conjures up fantastic tales of voter fraud that never happened. It treats ex-felons like ex-citizens forever robbed of their voting rights. And outdoing even bogus democracies like Iraq, it treats voter […]

Tag: economic development

Rick Scott heading to Kentucky in push to lure jobs

Rick Scott says Feld Entertainment to expand in Manatee County

Shannon Nickinson: Small companies also crucial to economic development

Pierre Tristam: A county’s economic development affront to voters: drop dead