Tag: job growth

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 16, 2016
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On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott announced some good news for Jacksonville: year over year, the Northeast Florida metropolis is up 24,300 jobs, with unemployment at 4.7 percent. Gov. Scott said, “Our work to create opportunities for every Florida family is working, especially in Jacksonville where businesses added more than 24,000 new jobs in the past year.” […]

Drew WilsonOctober 23, 2015
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3min186
Gov. Rick Scott said Friday that Florida’s private-sector job growth rate led all large states last month and used the news to ask the Legislature for $250 million in business incentive funding. “Florida continues to lead other large states, including our No. 1 competitor, Texas, in job growth because our pro-business, low-tax policies are out-competing other locations […]

Guest AuthorJune 11, 2015

5min232
NOTE: This was written by Jesse Panuccio  in response to a column that appeared earlier on ContextFlorida.com and SaintPetersBlog.com and written by Dale Brill, “Hint to presidential candidates wooing Florida — it’s still the economy.” Florida’s economy has witnessed a remarkable turnaround after being one of the hardest hit states during the Great Recession.  The […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 29, 2015
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Florida is currently enjoying the highest job growth since the Great Recession of 2008, according to a new study from nonpartisan watchdog group Florida TaxWatch. In the annual report on employment activity, the Sunshine State added 230,000 nonfarm jobs in 2014, making the state’s four-year nonfarm employment total to 710,200.  This four-year increase equates to […]


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