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Florida adds 18.6K jobs in March, second-highest in nation

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Florida added 18,600 jobs last month, more than any state but California, according to data released Wednesday by payroll company ADP. The ADP Regional Employment Report shows 16,000 of the new jobs coming to the service sector and 2,600 heading to goods-producing sectors. The gain is a slight dip from February, when the Sunshine State added 20,200 jobs, and lags behind the state’s 6-month average, but is an improvement of 4,200 jobs year-over-year. The trade, transportation and utilities industry saw…

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Granite manufacturer relocates headquarters to Tampa, brings 50 jobs

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Granite and marble slab manufacturer Granex plans to move its headquarters to Tampa and add 50 employees in Hillsborough County over the next few years, Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday. “I’m excited Granex chose to move their first location in the United States to Tampa Bay. Since 2010, we have cut taxes over 55 times, including permanently eliminating the tax on manufacturing machinery and equipment this year, so we can continue to diversify our economy,” Scott said in a press…

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Florida led nation in job growth in January

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Florida leads the nation in job growth according to new federal jobless reports. Florida’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 5 percent in January according to state officials. That’s higher than the national jobless rate of 4.9 percent. But the state did add 32,200 jobs that month. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that this was the highest number of jobs added by any state in January. Texas was second with 31,400 jobs added. Gov. Rick Scott announced the new…

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Rick Scott celebrates jobs and tax cuts in St. Pete

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Florida Governor Rick Scott is touring the state celebrating job creation and tax cuts. During a stop in St. Pete Monday on his “Million, Billion Jobs Victory Tour” Scott announced 44,300 new private sector jobs in the Tampa Bay area over the course of a year. The region’s unemployment rate also dropped one percent to 4.8 percent in January. The state unemployment rate is five percent. Scott stopped at Kobie Marketing in St. Pete for the announcement where that company…

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Rick Scott to launch jobs creation and “tax cut victory” tour

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Governor Rick Scott kicks off his “Million Billion Jobs” victory tour Monday. The self-proclaimed jobs governor is visiting five cities celebrating creating more than one million jobs in five years and $1 billion in tax cuts for Florida families over the past two years. “The debate in Florida is now about how we can create more jobs and how we can cut more taxes, which is a win-win,” Scott said. “I will always want more jobs and more tax cuts,…

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Florida adds 20K jobs in February

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Florida added 20,200 jobs in February according to data released Wednesday by payroll company ADP. The total bested all but California in the Regional Employment Report and is an improvement of about 2,300 jobs over January numbers and 5,000 jobs over the February 2015 total. California, which has the largest population among the states, saw a gain of 29,200 jobs last month. Fellow large states Texas and New York followed with 19,300 jobs and 13,400 jobs, respectively. The breakdown shows…

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Jobs chief: Florida could lose out on thousands of jobs

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The head of Florida’s economic development agency is warning that the state could lose out on 50,000 jobs due to the Legislature. Bill Johnson, the president and CEO of Enterprise Florida, made that prediction in an email he sent Saturday to business partners statewide. Legislative leaders late Friday announced they were rejecting Gov. Rick Scott‘s proposal to set aside $250 million to lure new businesses to Florida. Johnson said that without the money, Florida would lose out on 277 projects…

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