Florida’s Jobless Rate Jumps, Ending Three-Month Turnaround
Florida’s unemployment rate hit 11.5 percent in July, ending three straight months of decline even as annual job growth showed its first gain since 2007, state officials reported Friday. With the economy widely seen as weakening again nationally, Florida was among 14 states where unemployment inched upward last month. Florida’s 11.5 percent jobless rate – [...]
Browning Wins Tea Party Poll; Has a ‘Puncher’s Chance’
As voters in Clay and Duval counties prepare to go the polls on Tuesday, conservative insurgent Don Browning appears to be gaining momentum in his seemingly improbable bid to unseat eleven-term U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns in the 6th congressional district. At least one newspaper in the district concedes that the little-known challenger has at least a “puncher’s chance” against the longtime incumbent. If you like a good underdog, Browning is definitely your candidate…
It’s (Almost) Election Day
Have you noticed? There’s an election Tuesday. Probably most readers of The Jacksonville Observer understand that there is an election this week, and that is a very good thing. But what about all those other guys? At the Tiger Bay Club meeting Friday, Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland said that the early voter turnout and rate of return on absentee ballots was…
Democrat Brian Moore Says He’ll Ask Bud Chiles to Join Ticket
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brian P. Moore of Spring Hill said that he will ask Bud Chiles to be his running mate for lieutenant governor. Moore, 67, is waging an uphill battle against Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink in Tuesday’s primary…
Statewide Candidates Engage in Final Mad Dash
It’s the last full day of campaigning before primary day. It’s also the first day of school for many kids across Florida. Where will the candidates be?
FPL Agrees to Freeze Rates Through 2012
Florida Power & Light would freeze its base rates for two years under an agreement reached with customer representatives now awaiting regulatory approval. The agreement, announced by FPL Friday, would lock rates until the end of 2012, as well as holding the company’s return on equity, or profit margin, at 10 percent. It would give [...]
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