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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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Last year, Floridas Agency for Workforce Innovation projected that Florida would gain 1.1 million jobs by 2017. It was noted that most of the projected job gains would simply be recouping the jobs lost from 2006 to 2009.
The United States is a country that has been peopled largely by vast surges of migration -- from the British Isles in the 18th century, from Ireland and Germany in the 19th century, from Eastern and Southern Europe in the early 20th century, and from Latin America and Asia in the last three decades.
When Donald Rumsfeld was secretary of Defense, he coined some phrases about knowledge that apply far beyond military matters.
"The Disappearing Black Middle Class" ran the headline over the Chicago Sun-Times story. And the statistics from the Economic Policy Institute were indeed sobering.
Washington -- A debt crisis is a terrible thing to waste in a presidential election season, and Democrats and Republicans alike are responding on cue.
Some of us called it the man-cession. In the deep recession that lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, many more men than women lost their jobs.
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By Kevin Derby
As the House weighed the Gang of Eights" immigration reform bill that passed the Senate in late June, focus started to turn to U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., as a key vote. Webster, one of the leading conservatives in Florida for decades, represents parts of Central Florida which are increasingly conservative.
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Sen. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, made a stop at the Dream Defenders protest at the Florida Capitol, which has been going on for nearly three weeks. Last year, Bullard sponsored legislation to repeal Stand Your Ground in Florida.
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President Barack Obama turns 52 on Sunday and the Republican Party of Florida is doing its part in wishing him a happy birthday.
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More and more lawmakers are voicing their opinions about Rev. Jesse Jackson's comments against Florida and Gov. Rick Scott, and they're not happy with what Jackson is saying.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson isn't backing down from his comparisons of Gov. Rick Scott to famous segregationist George Wallace. Jackson took to his Twitter Friday evening to post the following:
By Kevin Derby
New Interim Education Commissioner Pam Stewart will hit the ground running. On Friday, a few hours after it was announced she would take the position, it was announced Stewart would attend education summits being held by Rep. Janet Adkins, R-Fernandina Beach, in Yulee and Jacksonville on Monday.
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The Florida Council of 100 congratulated Pam Stewart on her appointment as Interim Commissioner of Education on Friday. Stewart was unanimously elected to the position by the State Board of Education after Tony Bennett's resignation on Thursday.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., joined fellow congressmen on Friday to sponsor the Justice for Fort Hood and Little Rock Heroes Act to ensure servicemen wounded in the Fort Hood attack and in the attack at a recruiting station in Little Rock receive the same benefits as members of the military wounded in combat.
By Kevin Derby
On Friday, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., voted for a bill which ensures any regulation with an economic impact of more than $100 million is voted on for Congress. The Republican-controlled House passed the REINS Act on Friday and sent it to the Senate.
Job creators are being suffocated by the cost of complying with a never-ending onslaught of complex and unnecessary regulations, said Buchanan. Todays legislation will help cut through the red tape, giving small businesses the tools they need to expand and hire new workers.
By Nancy Smith
Dominic M. Calabro, president and CEO of independent government watchdog Florida TaxWatch, was among the first Friday to congratulate Interim Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart.
"Florida TaxWatch welcomes Pam Stewart ... as we continue to stand by our support of the Common Core State Standards and increased accountability measures for Florida's schools," Calabro said in a written release.
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