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    April 11, 2012

    Allen West Tells Obama to Get Out of South Florida, Fudges "Obamanomics" Numbers

    ​Welcome to another post in our Allen West Fact Party series, in which we take claims made by the District 22 Republican and attempt to figure out whether they have a basis in reality. In case you were wondering, they usually don't. Today's fact-check comes from not one but two Facebook accounts o ... More >>

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    March 29, 2012

    South Florida at the Bottom of New Job Creation Rankings

    ​More than one in five South Florida residents said their employers were firing workers in 2011, according a Gallup poll released this morning.In a Gallup ranking of the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas, the "Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach" area ranked 44th out of 50 for job creati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2012

    Unemployment Rates Dropped in January, Allen West Says No They Didn't

    The numbers would make more sense if he were wearing his glasses.​The jobs numbers released yesterday look promising -- the nation's overall unemployment rate dropped from 8.5 percent to 8.3 percent in January, and the rate of black unemployment dropped from 15.8 percent to 13.6, the lowest it's b ... More >>

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    January 31, 2012

    Florida Worst State in Study of Long-Term Unemployment

    ​More than 53 percent of Florida's unemployed residents went six months or more without work last year -- the highest rate in the country, according to a study from the Hamilton Project, run by the Brookings Institute, a D.C. think tank.To compare, the average unemployed worker between 2004 and 20 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Doug Darling, Rick Scott Job-Creation Adviser, Quits

    The man who oversees much of the state's job-creation effort submitted his resignation late last week for "personal reasons."It's not clear why Department of Economic Opportunity Director Doug Darling, who was hired for the gig last July, is calling it quits, but it probably isn't for a lack of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    State of the Union Address: Rick Scott Has an Opinion

    ​Gov. Rick Scott would like to add himself to the endless list of people with an opinion about President Obama's State of the Union Address last night, so here we go.Here's the short version of the governor's opinion: Businesses don't want to come to America. Except Florida. Florida's cool. And he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Cyber Monday Targeted by at Least One Legislator for Not Helping to Create Jobs

    ​Apparently the only argument coming out in favor or against any bill this session in the Florida Legislature is related to whether it creates jobs.(See: dwarf tossing, ban on.)Today, when people head to the interwebs to buy things at a price that doesn't require setting up a tent outside of Best ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Florida Unemployment Rate Finally Decreases Back to May Level

    stuffunemployedpeoplelike.com​Florida's unemployment rate decreased .1 percent to 10.6 percent in the month of September after three months of no change, putting the state back to the same rate it was at in May.According to the numbers released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Rick Scott Issues Press Release Explaining New Definition of 700,000-Job Campaign Promise

    ​Gov. Rick Scott's office issued a news release late last week to explain the retraction of his campaign promise to create 700,000 jobs on top of the state's "normal growth" projection of 1 million jobs by 2017.It looks like he's sticking to his new story, in which he claims he never promised to c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Rick Scott, "Worst Governor Ever" Electee, Confirms He'll Seek Reelection in 2014

    ​It's no surprise by any stretch of the imagination, but Gov. Rick Scott has finally confirmed to the News Service of Florida that he's going to run for reelection in 2014.His announcement comes on the heels of being polled at the highest approval rating of his governorship -- 37 percent.He's stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Florida's Unemployment Rate Remains Unchanged... Again

    via Flickr user brajeshwar​For the third straight month, Florida's unemployment rate is at 10.7 percent -- well above the national rate of 9.1 percent.According to the numbers released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 1,400 fewer unemployed people in August than in July, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Florida Lost 22,100 Jobs in July, Second-Largest Drop in the Country

    ​Thirty-one states added more jobs in the month of July, and Florida certainly wasn't one of them.According to the new monthly figures released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Florida lost 22,100 jobs in July, the second-largest drop nationwide, with Illinois losing 24,900.The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2011

    Rick Scott's Flak Provides "Proof" of Job Creation

    bc.edu​Gov. Rick Scott keeps talking about how he's creating jobs left and right, but the evidence has been a little hard to come across.Good thing we came across a tweet from the governor's Twitter account that claimed his office has proof he's been getting Florida back to work:"Passed this s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Florida Public School Teachers' Salaries Among Lowest In The Nation

    ​Yesterday the Sun-Sentinel ran a story about how some painters and grass cutters who work for the Broward County School District make more money than highly educated teachers with decades of experience. Well, it may get worse. The Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy released its State o ... More >>

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