Gov. Rick Scott and Enterprise Florida are heading next to Israel, which does more than $200 million a year in trade with the Sunshine State.
Scott, who teamed with Enterprise Florida to attend a tourism conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, last month, announced Tuesday he is off with the Orlando-based public-private economic development organization to Israel for a similar trade mission in December.
A major Florida conservative organization plans to closely monitor a new show -- All-American Muslims on The Learning Channel.
On Tuesday, David Caton, executive director of the Florida Family Association, sent out an email to supporters focusing on the new show. The first of eight episodes of All-American Muslims will launch on Sunday.
A 22 percent increase in foreign-owned companies in the Tampa Bay area is boosting the region's focus on international business.
A study by the Tampa Bay Partnership identified 480 foreign-owned companies from 41 nations operating in the eight-county region.
That's up from 2009, when a similar Foreign Direct Investment Study counted 394 companies representing 34 countries.
Some 41,500 workers are currently employed by the foreign firms, the report said. That's a 12 percent increase from the 37,000 jobs identified in the 2009 study.
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Will Ron Paul bail on the Republican Party again?
Businesswoman and Republican congressional hopeful Karen Harrington unveiled the endorsements of two state representatives as she continues to build for a rematch with South Florida Democrat U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Harrington announced on Tuesday that she had won the backing of Rep. Chris Dorworth, R-Lake Mary, and Rep. Jeannette Nunez, R-Miami.
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On Tuesday, business and policy leaders from the Sunshine State unveiled a new organization -- the Florida Coalition for the New Economy (CNE). CNE is looking to ensure that businesses will be able to offer greater coverage and more efficient Internet services across the state, while limiting the role of the public sector.
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Democrat Alvin Peters, defeated in a bid for Panama City mayor earlier this year, has his eyes now set on Congress.
An attorney, Peters has filed paperwork to take on freshman Congressman Steve Southerland, R-Panama City, and independent challenger Nancy Argenziano in 2012.
We need jobs now, Peters said during a media announcement at the Florida Press Center. Our current Congress is a do-nothing, against-everything Congress. We dont have the time or the patience for more gridlock and obstruction.
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Republican presidential hopeful former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah is sinking in most state and national polls but he still retains a bastion of support in New Hampshire, home of the first presidential primary. While Huntsman is doing better in the Granite State than anywhere else, he is far behind former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts in New Hampshire.
Huntsman looked to turn that around when, on Tuesday, he launched an all-out attack on Romney. The Huntsman camp launched a new website and a new video attacking Romney.
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A week after Gov. Rick Scott suspended the supervisor of elections in Madison County following her arrest, no one has applied for the $76,419 a year job.
Meanwhile, Greene Publishing Inc., which publishes the Madison Enterprise Recorder, reported the governors office has received two applications for Madison County School Board.
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