Tag: jobs

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.” […]

Michael MolineSeptember 12, 2016
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Motorola Solutions Inc. has acquired a Florida company that helps police, firefighters, and other public-safety workers communicate via two-way radios and wireless systems. In announcing it’s acquisition Monday of Wireless Technology Equipment Co., a privately held company, Motorola did not provide the purchase price, but said the company has been one of its subcontractors and […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 9, 2016
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Florida added another 15,200 private sector jobs last month, according to a new report released by payroll company ADP. The ADP Regional Employment Report shows the Sunshine State increased by 14,100 service industry jobs and another 1,100 goods-producing jobs, split evenly between manufacturing and mining and construction. Professional and business services positions made up 4,000 […]

Michael MolineAugust 19, 2016
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Florida’s unemployment rate held steady at 4.7 percent in July, despite the creation of 26,500 new private-sector jobs, state officials announced Friday. Out of a labor force of more than 9.7 million Floridians, 456,000 could not find work. Gov. Rick Scott noted that July marked the 52nd consecutive month that Florida job growth outpaced the […]

Drew WilsonAugust 10, 2016
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2min177
Florida added 16,400 private sector jobs last month, according to a report released Wednesday by payroll company ADP. The report estimates 1,800 new jobs were added in the goods-producing sector, with the other 14,600 jobs heading to the service industry. The industry breakdown shows 5,100 jobs added in professional and business services companies; 2,800 in […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 3, 2016
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Wednesday evening, GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump made his first post-nomination visit to Jacksonville, where there were some changes from his previous visit. Unlike in October, when support from the establishment wing of the party was light, three rows of VIPS were assembled behind him. And also unlike in October, the sauna conditions of the Jacksonville Landing […]

Drew WilsonJuly 13, 2016
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The Sunshine State added 14,700 private sector jobs last month, according to a new report released by payroll company ADP. The performance is slightly down from May, when Florida added 17,100 jobs and is down nearly 7,000 jobs from June 2015, when the state added 21,400 new private sector jobs. Still, Florida’s numbers bested all […]


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