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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 […]

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 […]

Florida Republicans are condemning President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy following a poor jobs report for the month of August as inflation continues.  According to the report, unemployment has increased from 3.8% to 4.2% and employment growth was lower than last year’s average.   Jobs in the healthcare and construction industries grew while they declined […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis touted Florida's Gross Domestic Product growth Friday morning, announcing that the Sunshine State's growth has doubled the national rate over the last five years. "With yet another major economic milestone like this, Florida demonstrates to the nation that leadership matters,” said Governor Ron DeSantis in a press release. “Our responsible governance […]

The Florida Legislature is considering whether to pass recently proposed laws that would deregulate some aspects of minor employment in Florida.  Florida Representative Linda Chaney (R) filed legislation that would, among other things, enable all those 16 and up to work the same hours as adults.  Yesterday, Representative Chaney’s bill was approved in the Regulatory […]

In the first quarter of 2023, the state of Florida maintained its near record-low unemployment numbers at 2.6% for the fourth consecutive month. The unemployment figures come in at number one among the ten largest states in the union, according to Governor Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) press release. As Gov. DeSantis's staff insinuates, a driving force […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) announced the second lowest unemployment rate in Florida’s history, hitting 2.5%, while simultaneously achieving the second fastest GDP growth across all 50 states, despite national GDP slipping into a recession (two consecutive quarters of declining GDP). This is the lowest unemployment rate for the state since October 2006. According to the […]

Florida has held bragging rights of being the state that has the best economic numbers, particularly of having a low unemployment rate.  Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has announced the unemployment rate in Florida has now hit a historic low of 2.7%. The July employment numbers have shown the lowest unemployment rate since February of 2020.  […]

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is echoing a familiar slogan yet again. The slogan is “Let’s get to work” and it was Scott’s slogan as he successfully won the governor’s seat in both 2010 and 2014, and it fueled his Senate campaign in 2018. Now the Senator is using this slogan to accommodate his newest bill. […]

Over the weekend, a lawsuit was filed over Florida’s end to federal unemployment.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R), the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, provided a statement on the drop, which is way below the expected 20%. Initially, forecasters expected 7.5 million job losses last month, but 2.5 million were added, which is the highest number of jobs created in a single month that’s ever been recorded. In...

More importantly, DeSantis announced at the press conference that he would be allowing gyms to reopen soon. We are going to guess that this coming Monday, May 18 will be the day when Floridians can start pumping up again and get back to looking like idiots by flexing and putting on a stupid duck face in front of the mirror....

“Over a million Floridians have filed for unemployment since the onset of the pandemic and the majority are still not seeing benefits or getting answers.”

“Floridians are paying the price for Trump’s inaction and we simply cannot take another four years of his chaotic leadership.”