Drew DixonOctober 3, 2024
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For the first time in months, Florida saw fewer than 6,000 first-time jobless claims.
Tag: job growthTALLAHASSEE, FLA. 3/4/25-Gov. Ron DeSantis, right, shares a laugh with Rep. Lawrence McClure, R-Dover, as he enters the House Chamber to give the State of the State address on the opening day of the 2025 Legislative Session, Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee.
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Drew DixonOctober 3, 2024Drew DixonSeptember 23, 2024
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Miami was the metro area with the lowest unemployment rate, at 3.1%, as Florida job growth expanded in August.
Associated PressFebruary 3, 2023
9min0
Employers added 517,000 jobs and the unemployment rate sank to a new 53-year low of 3.4% last month.
Associated PressApril 1, 2022
10min0
Inflation outpaced year-over-year wage growth for the past 11 consecutive months.
Renzo DowneyOctober 25, 2021
5min1746
'We have the capacity to alleviate those backlogs.'
Associated PressOctober 22, 2021
16min789
Pandemic realities shuffle priorities.
Wire ServicesFebruary 17, 2021
5min950
The DeSantis administration wants $50 million for business incentives.
Associated PressOctober 28, 2020
10min307
Americans are showing growing concern about the economy.
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 12, 2018
6min849
The Tampa Bay Partnership’s 2019 Regional Competitiveness Report shows the Tampa Bay region has room for improvement in several areas — some surprising, others not so much. The report shows the region lagging behind others in job growth, wages, household income, transportation and transit and talent access. Companies, community organizations and government agencies can use […]
Drew WilsonNovember 28, 2018
4min812
National trade group Associated Builders and Contractors put out its annual ranking of state’s construction environments Wednesday and Florida topped the list. The 2018 Merit Shop Scorecard measures the climate for “merit shops,” which are organizations that do not have labor unions, in each of the 50 states plus Washington, D.C. The scorecard takes into […]