Jason DelgadoSeptember 10, 2020
4min2251
The extra cash may only be available for three weeks.
Tag: wages
Jason DelgadoSeptember 10, 2020
Scott PowersApril 7, 2020
5min337
69% of Floridians call state's COVID-19 response 'not aggressive enough.'
Scott PowersJanuary 8, 2020
5min332
José Rodríguez, Carlos Smith seek to roll back state preemption
Associated PressDecember 26, 2019
5min208
South Florida and Sarasota were among the highest.
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 […]
Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2018
9min250
The union organizing an effort to raise wages and benefits for thousands of contract workers at the Orlando International Airport is becoming a symbol of Democrats’ living wage push in Florida. On Tuesday, several dozen workers, some making as little as $5.23 an hour working for airport contractors, declared the airport to be a sweatshop. […]
Ryan NicolSeptember 13, 2018
4min501
Tallahassee Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is out with his first TV ad of the general election titled, “My Grandmother’s Voice.” Gillum begins the minute-long ad recounting advice given to him by his grandmother. Gillum then explains how those messages motivate his run to be the state’s next Governor. “I can still hear […]
Drew WilsonMay 4, 2018
6min564
Former HUD secretary and U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez said the business community needs to play a much more active role if Florida is to confront and overcome challenges faced in the modern economy. Martinez, now J.P. Morgan’s chairman of the Southeast U.S. and Latin America, spoke on the state of homelessness, employment, and wages during […]
Drew WilsonMay 3, 2018
4min251
Florida Chamber of Commerce head Mark Wilson said that Florida businesses need to start working toward solutions on poverty – and fast. Wilson made the remarks during the opening hour of the Chamber’s Summit on Prosperity and Economic Opportunity, held Thursday in Orlando. His talk opened up with a top-level overview of where the Sunshine State […]
Scott PowersApril 28, 2017
2min266
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King is launching his first campaign video on the internet, mocking Gov. Rick Scott’s jobs record and using the current governor in the video. The ad begins with footage taken from one of Scott’s own videos, showing him in a radio studio declaring his mantra, “What have we done in the […]