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Senate candidate Carlos Beruff brags about how he profited during Great Recession

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Many Floridians had it rough during the Great Recession of 2008; either losing jobs, facing cutbacks or otherwise struggling to stay above water financially. Manatee County homebuilder Carlos Beruff was not one of them. Beruff, now a candidate for U.S. Senate, boasted at a recent event that his company “actually profited” from the “huge” recession that devastated Florida’s middle class. Speaking to the Republican Federated Women of The Villages in March, Beruff talked about how he weathered the storm, one…

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Florida GOP using Hillary Clinton’s own words — OK, barks — to fact check her

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The Florida GOP is using Hillary Clinton’s own words — or in this case barks — as a way of fact checking her. In a new Republican Party of Florida video, Clinton is shown barking after clips of her making statements in the past. The video, according to a Florida GOP release, is meant to highlight why voters find Hillary Clinton “dishonest, untrustworthy and out-of-touch with the American people.” During a speech in Reno on Monday, Clinton barked like a dog.…

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Florida Tax Watch says state will see more than 3 percent growth in 2016

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Florida’s economy is in its best shape since the Great Recession, and Florida Tax Watch predicts it will be more robust in 2016. The latest edition of Florida TaxWatch’s Economic Commentary says the Real Gross State Product is expected to grow 3.1 percent in 2016, higher than the national rate. Additionally, job growth is expected to continue to improve, with most experts predicting a 2.2 to 2.9 percent job growth in 2016. “Looking back at where the state was during the…

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Rick Scott: Florida added 1 million jobs since he took office

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Gov. Rick Scott said Friday that Florida has added more than 1 million private sector jobs since he took office in 2011. That means another 700,000 jobs need to be created in the next two years to fulfill a 2010 campaign promise. The million jobs mark also doesn’t take into account that Florida has 27,300 fewer government jobs since he took office. When considering those lost jobs, Florida needs to add another 15,500 jobs to reach 1 million. Still, Scott…

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Jeb Bush strikes at “Mount Washington” from his old perch in Tallahassee

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Set against a wall-sized backdrop reading “Reform D.C.,” Jeb Bush continued his push for the GOP’s presidential nomination in the state capital Monday morning at Florida State University’s Turnbull Conference Center. Bush, who lived in Tallahassee from 1999 until 2007 when he was governor, took on what he called the excesses of “Mount Washington,” by using the days when he struck fear into state lawmakers with his line-item veto pen as an example for the nation. “We used to call this city…

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Nearly half of states expect to confront big budget gaps

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With the nation’s economy at its healthiest since the Great Recession, a surprising trend is emerging among the states – large budget gaps. An Associated Press analysis of statehouse finances around the country shows that at least 22 states project shortfalls for the coming fiscal year. The deficits recall recession-era anxiety about plunging tax revenue and deep cuts to education, social services and other government-funded programs. The sheer number of states facing budget gaps prompted Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service…

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U.S. job market faces hurdles even with 5.5 pct. unemployment

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Unemployment in the U.S. has dropped to a seven-year low of 5.5 percent — a level normally considered the mark of a healthy job market. Yet that number isn’t as encouraging as it might sound. While U.S. employers added a solid 295,000 jobs in February, and the jobless rate fell from 5.7 percent, it went down mostly because many people gave up looking for work and were no longer officially counted as unemployed, the government reported Friday. What’s more, wage…

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