As a state inspection team is conducting a three-day audit of the results of the Congressional District 18 contest, the Florida Democratic Congressional Delegation claims Gov. Rick Scott is interfering in the disputed results.
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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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Hours before a court hearing on the request by attorneys for U.S. Rep. Allen Wests campaign to recount all ballots cast prior to Election Day in the narrow Congressional District 18 contest, the Florida Democratic Party is questioning the Republicans legal claims.
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Enterprise Florida, the public-private business arm of the state, has announced several staff changes.
Business Development
Matt Lowell has been promoted to Business Development director. He joined Enterprise Florida in February 2011 as a Business Development manager.
Government Relations
Mike Preston has been promoted to vice president, Government Relations. Preston joined Enterprise Florida in November 2008.
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Unemployment in Florida fell to 8.5 percent in October, the lowest mark the Sunshine State has seen since December 2008, and down from 8.7 percent a month earlier.
The new numbers, released Friday, estimate that the state added 12,100 new private-sector jobs in October.
In October, 12,100 more Floridians found employment in the private sector and the incomes that allow them to provide for their families, particularly with the holidays approaching, Gov. Rick Scott stated in a release.
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Florida had an estimated 21.9 million visitors in the third quarter of 2012, a 3.5 percent increase from the same period a year earlier, according to Visit Florida, the states tourism arm.
Of the visitors, Florida recorded a 5.5 percent increase in overseas visitors and 4 percent growth of Canadian travelers.
The increase, according to numbers in a release from the governors office, translates into 15,000 additional travel-related jobs in Florida, a 1.5 percent increase from the third quarter of 2011.
By Kevin Derby
In what some might call a kind of vindication of Florida Republican educational policy, Tampa Bay Times reports on a new study, published by a nonpartisan education-reformist think tank, which ranks the Sunshine State highest in the nation in terms of state teacher policy:
"The National Center on Teacher Quality released its latest briefs on state teacher policies Wednesday, with Florida leading the way overall and near the top in every category.
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House Democratic Leader-designate Perry Thurston, D-Plantation, released the following statement on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Florida.
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With Florida expected to miss the initial deadline to set up its own health care exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, one of the states business leaders will focus on how the state should respond to the federal health care plan.
The Florida Chamber of Commerce says how the Sunshine State responds to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, will be center stage during the 6th annual Insurance Summit Nov. 28-30 at Disneys Boardwalk Resort in Lake Buena Vista.
By Kevin Derby
Sunshine State News has just learned that, contrary to earlier reports, a Floridarestaurateur will not be implementing a 5 percent "Obamacare surcharge" at his 45 restaurants ... at least, not quite yet.
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