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Legislature asked to consider money for sports teams

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The Florida Legislature is being asked to give tens of millions to help sports teams in Jacksonville and Miami and Daytona International Speedway. The state’s economic development agency on Monday forwarded three sports applications to state lawmakers to review. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity did not rank the applications but suggested that all three might be worthy of funding. A group trying to get state money for a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers initially turned in an…

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Florida Chamber: Capitol Days focus on issues important to business community

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Florida Chamber of Commerce members are taking over Tallahassee. The 2016 Florida Chamber’s Capitol Days kicks off Wednesday. The two-day event is meant to give the business community a chance to interact with lawmakers and advocate for issues that are important to them. Edie Ousley, the chamber’s vice president of public affairs, said the annual event offers the business community a chance “to talk about issues concerning job creators throughout Florida.” “We’ll focus on business climate issues,” said Ousley, who…

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Rick Scott: Florida’s private-sector job growth tops large states

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Gov. Rick Scott said Monday that Florida’s private-sector growth rate of 3.6 percent in November was the highest among the country’s 10 most-populous states. November marked the ninth consecutive month Florida was tops among large states. The state’s private-sector job growth rate was also higher than the national growth rate of 2.1 percent. “Florida businesses have create more than ONE MILLION jobs in only five years, and just last week we learned Florida’s population surpassed 20 million residents,” Scott said…

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Look for Cissy Proctor to be named new Exec. Director at Dept. of Economic Opportunity

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Nothing official yet, but FloridaPolitics.com is hearing that Cissy Proctor will be appointed the the next Executive Director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, replacing Jesse Panuccio, who has announced he plans to step down in January. Proctor currently is Panuccio’s Chief of Staff. Gov. Rick Scott announced Panuccio’s resignation Friday in a news release that said he has decided “to pursue new opportunities.” Scott appointed Panuccio in 2013 and reappointed him after winning re-election in 2014. Earlier this year, though,…

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Disney’s Planet Hollywood to lay off 468 workers next year

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Planet Hollywood at Disney Springs is making plans to lay off more than 450 workers. According to a notice posted on the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity website Monday, the company plans 468 layoffs to take place between Jan. 6 and 19. In February Planet Hollywood announced it was transforming its Orlando flagship location into a four-story stargazing observatory set to debut in spring 2016. The renovations are scheduled to begin early next year. Disney Springs, formerly named Downtown Disney,…

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National electrical contracting firm to expand corporate roots, jobs in St. Pete

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Power Design, Inc., a family-owned electrical contracting business, is expanding its national headquarters in St. Petersburg. The $3 million move will bring 60 new jobs to the region, as well as maintaining 196 jobs. Gov. Rick Scott called the expansion “great news for families” in St. Petersburg. “Thanks to companies like Power Design who continue to grow and invest in Florida, businesses have created more than 841,000 private-sector jobs since December of 2010,” Scott said in a statement. “We are…

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DEO files first challenge to a local government land-use change

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The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity has filed what is the first challenge to a local comprehensive plan amendment since sweeping growth management law changes passed in 2011. Legal watchers on both sides of the growth management issue — development and environmental — say the DEO move against the City of Mascotte in Lake County is significant. Business groups and local governments in 2011 supported the growth law changes that sharply reduced state oversight of local development decisions. Environmental groups said…

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