Floridians have negative feelings about undocumented immigrants, but an overwhelming majority favor policy that would allow such immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences survey suggests.
This week the state of Florida made its final Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund payment to the federal government – fully repaying $3.5 billion the state incurred during the great recession, the Florida Chamber of Commerce announced today. Florida is one of 14 states to fully pay off its unemployment comp loan, plus interest.
Florida has been named the No. 1 state in America for innovation by Fast Company magazine.
After tabulating more than 8,000 votes cast during the 2013 Legislative Session, nearly 59 percent of state lawmakers earned an “A” (90-100) for voting to make Florida more competitive and in support of the priority jobs issues outlined in the Florida Chamber’s 2013 Business Agenda.
Nearly six years after the beginning of the global financial crisis, Florida’s housing market appears to be making strong gains. According to recent data from the Florida Realtors, the traditional median home sale price rose by 11.8% over the past year.
Gov. Rick Scott last week signed into law two business-related bills that caught our attention. One will help make Enterprise Florida more accountable; the second puts into place a tax break that will help Florida businesses compete with neighboring states.
Workforce Florida has made available a $2 million Quick Response Training Challenge Grant for employers in Florida’s logistics and trade industry, according to Chris Hart IV, president and CEO of the statewide work force policy board.
For far too long, Florida has been only one costly storm away from financial catastrophe, with homeowners, businesses, charities, churches and automobile policyholders paying heavy “hurricane tax” assessments from past hurricanes. We also face the risk of crippling new taxes in the future, which would be triggered by both Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.
For far too long, Florida has been only one costly storm away from financial catastrophe, with homeowners, businesses, charities, churches and automobile policyholders paying heavy “hurricane tax” assessments from past hurricanes. We also face the risk of crippling new taxes in the future, which would be triggered by both Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.
For far too long, Florida has been only one costly storm away from financial catastrophe, with homeowners, businesses, charities, churches and automobile policyholders paying heavy “hurricane tax” assessments from past hurricanes. We also face the risk of crippling new taxes in the future, which would be triggered by both Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.
