Florida Unemployment Hits 11.5%, Some Signs of Hope
Continued sluggishness in the building and trade sectors pushed Florida’s unemployment up to 11.5 percent in November, its highest level since May 1975, the Agency for Workforce Innovation reported Friday. With 284,800 jobs lost over the year, November’s rate was 1.5 percentage points higher than November 2009 and 0.2 percentage points higher than October. Adding [...]
No Decision Yet on Rail
A Florida congressman told a Central Florida newspaper Friday that the state is among four finalists to receive federal stimulus money for high speed rail, but other officials said the statement may have been premature. U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, told the Orlando Sentinel that the state was on a final list with California, [...]
Three-week Bowl Season is Here
College football’s 34-game bowl bonanza begins Saturday in two of the postseason’s newest venues. It will end almost three weeks later at the site of the “granddaddy of them all,” where a new national champion will be crowned. The fourth New Mexico Bowl, Saturday in Albuquerque (4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), kicks off the postseason as [...]
Police: Mom’s Tweeting Had No Role in Boy’s Drowning
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. – The primary investigator in the drowning of 2-year-old Bryson Ross said his mother’s involvement with online social media did not lead to the child’s death. “Her tweeting had nothing to do with what happened with regard to her son,” said Joe Martin, a homicide agent with the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office. [...]
Does Howard Dean Still Have a Following?
WASHINGTON – Howard Dean got a lot of media attention this week for saying Democrats should kill the Senate health care reform bill because “it’s an insurance company’s dream.” The question is, does anyone important to the debate care what he thinks? The White House quickly dismissed the comments by the former Democratic National Committee [...]
GOP Chair Greer Still Fighting Off Internal Opposition
A week after he was given a vote of confidence by party leaders, Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer was back on the hot seat Thursday with a petition circulating among party leaders calling for his ouster. Leaders of the drive against Greer said as many as 60 party officials had added their name to [...]
Ausley Considering Bid for State Chief Financial Officer
The new year may bring a new candidate for the Chief Financial Officer’s race – with former Democratic state Rep. Loranne Ausley saying she will spend the holidays weighing a run. Ausley, who has been in the race to succeed term-limited Sen. Al Lawson, D-Tallahassee, next year, acknowledged that a switch was possible. Democrats have [...]
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