Scott PowersApril 19, 2019
6min245
'Airbnb is fast becoming the 800-pound gorilla.'
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8min509
Best state for vets? North Dakota. Yes, North Dakota.
Ryan NicolApril 2, 2019
3min270
Mast had introduced legislation to end the practice.
Ryan NicolFebruary 20, 2019
3min384
Overall, 43 different metrics were analyzed for the report.
Ryan NicolFebruary 18, 2019
5min695
Researchers gathered data on 501 U.S. cities.
Michael MolineSeptember 19, 2018
4min326
An insurance industry analysis undermines any assumption that employees delay reporting weekend injuries into the work week to take advantage of workers’ compensation benefits. Were that true, one might expect the number of workers’ comp claims filed during the work week to have declined since the Affordable Care Act brought 8 million people into the ranked of the insured. […]
Staff ReportsJuly 3, 2018
5min180
Consumer confidence among Floridians declined to its lowest point in nearly two years, according to University of Florida researchers, despite the fact job growth continues to chug along in the Sunshine State. “The drop in June’s confidence came primarily from consumers’ expectations about the national economic conditions over the next year,” says Hector H. Sandoval, […]
Scott PowersMarch 2, 2018
5min564
With the derailment of bills seeking state regulation of the private Brightline passenger train system, state Sen. Debbie Mayfield has gotten language inserted into the Senate budget plan that would authorize a safety study of the train. The budget proposal includes new language that would authorize a transportation research center at the University of South […]
Jim RosicaJune 5, 2017
4min833
The state’s anti-gambling expansion group is pushing back against comments that it’s “misinformed” about casino gambling not being a “meaningful attraction for Florida tourism.” Steven Norton, a longtime gambling executive and consultant, linked to Nick Sortal‘s Friday column for the Miami Herald in Norton’s Monday email roundup of the gambling scene in the South. “As I survey the scene […]
Scott PowersFebruary 10, 2017
2min348
Miami and Orlando are among the biggest homes in the United States to unauthorized immigrants, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. The report, base on 2014 data analyzed by Pew, estimates that there are 450,000 undocumented immigrants in the Miami-megaplex that includes Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, ranking the metro […]