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Scott PowersSeptember 28, 2018

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has a two-point lead over Republican Gov. Rick Scott in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, according to a new poll released Friday by the Florida Chamber of Commerce. The chamber’s poll, conducted Sept. 19 through Monday and released at the chamber’s 2018 Future of Florida Forum meeting in Orlando Friday, gives […]

Scott PowersSeptember 28, 2017

Speaking to the Florida Chamber of Commerce Thursday, Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio expressed confidence that the Senate will pass President Donald Trump‘s tax reform plan but also expressed concern about the details. Appearing by Skype at the chamber’s Future of Florida Forum luncheon in Orlando Thursday, Rubio raised concerns about the bill coming in […]

Scott PowersSeptember 28, 2017

Enterprise Florida President Pete Antonacci said Thursday that pursuit of a new east coast headquarters planned by Amazon is his organization’s top priority right now, as the state’s economic development corporation coordinates bids from at least four different Sunshine State cities and encourages them to emphasize tax giveaway incentives. Speaking to the Florida Chamber of […]

Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2017

A lot of Florida’s economic weaknesses and longterm economic security can be treated with a bigger, more focused attention on vocational and technical education, Adam Putnam told a gathering of business leaders at the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s conference in Orlando Wednesday. Given just enough time, he surmised, to talk about just one issue in […]

Scott PowersSeptember 30, 2016

The chairman and president of the nation’s largest car dealer company, Mike Jackson of AutoNation, blasted Donald Trump and others who rail against immigrants and international trade deals, during a keynote address to the Florida Chamber of Commerce. In his speech Thursday night to the chamber’s Future of Florida Forum Leadership Dinner in Orlando, Jackson […]

Scott PowersSeptember 30, 2016

The close presidential race in Florida offers two very different paths to victory for the candidates, with Donald Trump‘s campaign needing to bring out white voters and Hillary Clinton needing to appeal to independent voters, according to Florida Chamber of Commerce polling guru Marian Johnson. Johnson laid out the latest findings of the chamber’s political […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 29, 2016

For Gov. Rick Scott, Florida’s future priorities are the same as they are today — jobs, jobs, jobs. The Naples Republican was one of the keynote speakers at the Florida Chamber Foundation’s Future of Florida Forum in Orlando on Thursday. The governor used his speech to not only pump up his proposal to set aside $85 […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 29, 2016

CFO Jeff Atwater hammered home the need for workers’ compensation reform, saying recent decisions could have a significant impact on Floridians. State regulators on Tuesday approved a 14.5 percent average increase in workers’ compensation insurance premiums. The new rates are lower than ones initially proposed by National Council on Compensation Insurance. The council proposed new […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 28, 2016

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam has a theory. Some of the most talented people in the world are going to end up in Florida at some point in their lives. He just wants that to be sooner, rather than later. “I want Florida to be more than the prize for a life well lived, of success […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 28, 2015

Business leaders, experts and elected officials will gather starting Monday morning to discuss Florida’s future at the annual Future of Florida Forum hosted by the Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation. The forum is Monday and Tuesday at the Omni Orlando Resort, 1500 Masters Blvd. in ChampionsGate. More than 300 participants are expected to attend. Registrations will still be […]

Tag: Future of Florida Forum

Florida Chamber poll has Bill Nelson edging Rick Scott

Marco Rubio expresses optimism in tax reform bill

Pete Antonacci: Amazon proposals to be as ‘incentive-bearing’ as possible

Adam Putnam: renewed push for technical education key to fixing economic woes

AutoNation chair Mike Jackson lashes out against anti-immigration, anti-trade positions

Marian Johnson: Donald Trump needs to get out white voters; Hillary Clinton, independent voters

Rick Scott’s goal for final years in office: ‘Jobs, and then jobs, and then jobs’

Jeff Atwater urges legislative action to tackle workers’ compensation

Adam Putnam: Florida ‘can be the jumping-off point for the American Dream’

Florida Chamber to kick off Future of Florida Forum