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Clever reader: If Chamber is worried about local regs, shouldn't it oppose...
Earlier this week, I told you about the Florida Chamber's attempt to paint folks who disagree with them as not just wrong, but as "opponents of job creation."
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In Florida's housing market, cash is king
In Florida, half of all home sales have become all-cash transactions. That's for single family homes.
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Feds say Florida's unemployment rules violate civil rights laws
It'll be interesting to see how Florida responds to claims by the Labor Department that some of the state's unemployment eligibility procedures violate civil rights laws.
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Employee training grants to double under Florida budget plan
This item courtesy of my colleague Marcia Heroux Pounds at the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Worker training funds could get a boost ...
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Long-term unemployment lingers as economy slowly heals
We posted a story today about long-term unemployment and how it continues to hover at record levels. You can find the story here . This is the chart that goes with it. It's equal parts stunning and...
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CEO's rank Florida as second-best place to do business; List of Top 10 states
Well now I don't know what to think.
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Database offers look at state business incentives
There's been a bunch of buzz lately about the incentives the state has been handing out to businesses to get them to locate or expand here.
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Hertz response on salaries shows how releasing info doesn't have to be painful
Today's column about the relocation of Hertz to Southwest Florida points out that the state is overreaching a bit when it talks about the company bringing 700 jobs to the state with an average salary...
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State decides to play hardball with Labor Department
Maybe I'm easily entertained, but I find the state's recent shotgun blast at the U.S. Department of Labor fascinating.
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Don't buy for a minute the notion that Florida is unfriendly to business
I'm in the newspaper industry, so I am keenly, painfully aware of how hard businesses have it nowadays. I'm relieved every day my company key card still opens the door for me.
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C'mon caller, you gotta own that bigotry
The bigots can be sooooo predictable. So unimaginative in their attacks.
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Bondi urges military to protect service members from predatory lenders --...
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi sought to make a splash this week when she joined with 12 of her peers around the country in asking the Department of Defense to better protect service members from...
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Spike in mortgage rates rattles nerves
The U.S. economy is a massive, outrageously complicated Rube Goldberg machine with far too many levers and buttons for anyone to completely understand.
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Payroll company: Florida added almost 13,000 jobs in June
Florida added almost 13,000 jobs in June, according to private payroll company ADP.
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Unemployment a matter of bad luck? Not to some readers
After spending Monday reviewing comments and emails from readers, I've reached a conclusion:
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Study: For upward mobility, it's location, location, location
The New York Times today reports on a new study that looked at economic mobility across the country.
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Florida population grows by about 1 percent, now stands at more than 19 million
Florida continues to add people, according to the University of Florida, with the state population growing by about 184,300 people in the past year. That's an increase of almost 1 percent, says UF's...
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