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Florida has increased its private sector employment by 21,800 (+0.2%) jobs in April from the previous month, a Florida Commerce report announced on Friday. “Under Governor DeSantis’ leadership, Florida continues to expand target industries by remaining committed to growth and strategic investments,” Secretary of Commerce J. Alex Kelly said. “With a $1.7 trillion economy, Florida […]

Governor Ron DeSantis announced in a press release on Monday that Florida's labor force surpassed 11.5 million in January, coupled with strong gains in manufacturing where the state reached 430,800 jobs. Ron DeSantis also revealed Florida's economy was stronger than previously estimated. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the state's labor force […]

President Donald Trump is criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic policies following the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) September jobs report.  President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris’ administration called the September report “great news.” “With today’s report, we’ve created 16 million jobs, unemployment remains low, and wages are growing faster than prices,” said President […]

Former President Donald Trump has promised to make his 2017 tax cuts permanent and appoint Elon Musk to head a commission on assessing government bureaucracy if elected as president.  Trump made the promises during a speech at the Economic Club of New York, where he spoke about his planned economic policy at length.  President Trump […]

US technology firm Intel has come under congressional scrutiny following reports the company intends to reduce its workforce despite having received substantial government subsidies.  Intel announced the job cuts earlier this week, explaining the cuts would affect nearly 15,000 workers.  Intel received over 30$ billion in direct funding, loans, and tax credits from the US […]

Florida continues to outperform the nation in private sector job growth. Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced Florida’s private sector employment grew by 3.3 percent, with a gain of 277,000 jobs over the year in July 2023, faster than the national rate of 2.2 percent over the same time period. In the month of July, Florida’s […]

TALLAHASSEE --- Florida’s unemployment rate dipped to 2.5 percent in December as businesses continue to struggle to fill positions. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity released a report Friday that showed the December rate down from 2.6 percent in November and from 3.5 percent in December 2021. About 271,000 Floridians qualified as unemployed last month […]

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) objected to President Joe Biden’s (D) attempt to spin the job numbers that came out yesterday morning. It is indeed true that part-time jobs have increased by over 200k workers, but what the President forgot to mention is that over 400k full-time jobs have been lost. In a tweet, the President […]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis kicked off this year’s Labor Day holiday by underscoring Florida’s post-pandemic economic progress. In a Labor Day Twitter post, Gov. DeSantis called to mind his administration’s protection of “the right of all Floridians to earn a living when many other states did not.” Additionally, the governor remarked Florida’s employment rates being […]

After Progressive Rep. Anna Eskamani (D-49)  bashed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his statements in support of bringing on In-N-Out Burger to Florida, CFO Jimmy Patronis (R-FL) clapped back at Eskamani, implying she knows nothing about job creation. Rep. Eskamani described Governor Ron DeSantis' (R-FL) work on getting In-N-Out Burger to Florida as, "trying to grab […]

Over the last 4 years, we have seen unprecedented events that have occurred in the private sector, including seeing the Dow Jones Industrial exceeding 30,000 points in 2020.  Small business was more optimistic than ever, even though the pandemic is still upon us. But new numbers show that this reality is soon to come to […]

With Republicans making big gains across the country on Election Day – with one major exception at the top of the ticket – it is clear that the biggest winners this year were the American workers.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has just announced that more that as of July 19,  10 million Floridians were currently employed, adding that the 128,000 individuals who entered the workplace, fueled the state annual jobs growth to 1.3 percent.

TALLAHASSEE --- The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity on Friday released June unemployment numbers. Here are the rates for counties throughout the state:

It appears as if Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to do everything right, keeping supporters happy, and detractors sitting on the fence, especially when it comes to economic development in Florida.

Boeing announced on Wednesday that it will relocate its space and launch division's headquarters from Virginia to Brevard County. The headquarters, which are currently in Arlington, Va., will move to Titusville, near Kennedy Space Center and other space facilities.