Unemployment Rate

Related Search

News Home News Blog Ask a Mexican Archives Search New Times Flipbook Weekly Newsletter Get Mobile

Calendar Home Top Picks Submit an Event Events Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Music Home Music Blog Concert Calendar Bars and Clubs Submit an Event Music Newsletter Get Mobile Music Ads

Restaurants Home Food Blog Find a Restaurant Menus Happy Hours Deals Dining Newsletter Get Mobile Restaurant Ads

Arts Home Theater Arts Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Film Home Showtimes Film Poll 2011 Film Festivals Film Newsletter Get Mobile Free Stuff

Best Of Home 2011 2010 2009 2008 Best Of Newsletter Get Mobile Best Of Ads

Promotions Home Promotional Events Street Team Free Stuff Promotions Newsletter Get Mobile Deals

Post an Ad Jobs Real Estate Advertiser Index Deals Deals Newsletter Virtual Job Fair

Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 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 29, 2011
Florida Qualifies for List of Best-Run States in America for Simply Being a State in America
Luckily for Florida, a new list of the best-run states in the U.S. of A. included all 50 states or it may not have made the cut.Based on what 24/7 Wall Street calls "the 10 most important measurements of financial and government management," Florida ranked 40th.In fact, a lot of those financial a ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2011
Florida Back to Second Place Nationwide for the Most Mass Layoffs
yankeesdaily.comAfter a pretty good September for not getting laid off in Florida -- only the fourth-most mass layoffs in the nation for that month -- the state is back to its usual position of second-most for October.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Florida accounted for 91 of the na ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
Florida Unemployment Rate Lowest in 28 Months Thanks to... Government Jobs
Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity announced this morning that the state's unemployment rate is down to 10.3 percent for October -- the lowest in 28 months -- which is still well above the national rate of 9 percent.The announcement also left out a couple of key facts. First, job creati ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2011
Florida Employers Registered 69 Mass Layoffs in September, the Fourth-Most Nationwide
hammerle.comAfter two straight months of having the second-most mass-layoff events in the country, Florida companies experienced 69 in September, dropping the Sunshine State to just the fourth-most among the 50 states.According to the numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Florida accounted ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2011
Florida Unemployment Rate Finally Decreases Back to May Level
stuffunemployedpeoplelike.comFlorida'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 10, 2011
Allen West Finds a New Political Foe: Samuel L. Jackson (Video)
Just when you thought Rep. Allen West had dumped on just about everyone with differing political opinions, he found out Samuel L. Jackson isn't a big fan of the Tea Party.You know what that means -- a Fox News appearance.Responding to an interview in which Jackson said he agreed with Morgan Freem ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2011
Rick Scott Promised to Create 700,000 Extra Jobs; Now He'll Smile and Pretend He Didn't
One of Gov. Rick Scott's main talking points during his campaign was his "7-7-7" plan, which he said would create 700,000 jobs on top of the projected growth of 1 million Florida jobs by 2017.With the statewide unemployment rate staying at 10.7 percent for the third straight month, the state expe ... 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 22, 2011
Census: Young People Still F*cked by Recession
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ret0dd/Down and out on mom and dad's sofa.Now for some bad news. U.S. Census Bureau figures released today show that young people are getting especially pummeled by a recession that supposedly ended two years ago. According to the Associated Press, 20- and 30-someth ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2011
Florida Is Home to the Second-Most Mass Layoffs in the Nation -- Again
stevewhibley.blogspot.comFor the second month in a row, Florida had more mass layoffs than every other state but California, according to statistics released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.According to the numbers from the BLS, Florida accounted for 78 of the nation's 961 mass layoffs in ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2011
Florida's Unemployment Rate Remains Unchanged... Again
via Flickr user brajeshwarFor 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 22, 2011
Broward County Unemployment Increases Above National Rate
galvestonmusicscene.comThe unemployment rate in Florida didn't change -- still at 10.6 percent for June -- but Broward County, among others in South Florida, posted growing unemployment rates.Broward County passed the national unemployment rate of 9.2 percent, increasing from 9 percent in May to ... More >>
News
July 14, 2011
A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds
galvestonmusicscene.comThe unemployment rate in Florida didn't change -- still at 10.6 percent for June -- but Broward County, among others in South Florida, posted growing unemployment rates.Broward County passed the national unemployment rate of 9.2 percent, increasing from 9 percent in May to ... 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 >>
Blogs
December 1, 2010
Sky Magazine Gives 32-Page Wet Kiss to Palm Beach County
Sky magazineYou might need a shower after reading this.Palm Beach County, we hardly knew ye. Mesmerized by the hundreds of empty condos, parade of jail-bird politicians, foreclosure crisis, and pill mills, we've overlooked your many charms. Thankfully, Delta's Sky magazine dedicated 32 glorious p ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
What $9 Million for the West-Klein Race Could Have Bought
Allen West raised $5.5 million to win the race.The cash poured in from all over the country, as unions, Christian conservatives, Tea Party ideologues, Big Pharma, and Big Oil opened their pockets. With at least $9 million raised in the Ron Klein-Allen West congressional contest, it was one of the ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2010
Despite Recession, Everglades Club Still Importing Waiters From Abroad
Flicker user: VeronicaCastillo.comThe Everglades Club is an institution on Worth Avenue.The Great Recession and soaring unemployment rates haven't stopped Florida businesses from hiring cheap, temporary labor from abroad, federal visa records show.In Tampa, one company imported 40 electricians. I ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2010
Rubio Campaign Lashes Crist for the "One Job" He Cares About
OK, so the housing bubble that exploded in Florida, then the world, may not entirely be Charlie Crist's fault. But that 12.3 percent unemployment figure in the state is just too enticing for Marco Rubio's campaign to resist, especially now that it's looking to keep Republican centrists from bolting ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2010
Is This What Rock Bottom Looks Like?
Graph: CalculatedRiskblog.comLet me try to put a positive spin on a super-depressing graph. From the blog Calculated Risk, the graph above shows the high and low unemployment rates from each state since 1976, along with a red line for the current jobless rate. Yes, we're living in the most depres ... More >>
Calendar
November 19, 2009
Coming of Age in the Depression
Graph: CalculatedRiskblog.comLet me try to put a positive spin on a super-depressing graph. From the blog Calculated Risk, the graph above shows the high and low unemployment rates from each state since 1976, along with a red line for the current jobless rate. Yes, we're living in the most depres ... More >>
Calendar
April 2, 2009
One Person's Trash
Graph: CalculatedRiskblog.comLet me try to put a positive spin on a super-depressing graph. From the blog Calculated Risk, the graph above shows the high and low unemployment rates from each state since 1976, along with a red line for the current jobless rate. Yes, we're living in the most depres ... More >>
Blogs
February 27, 2009
Call Centers Overwhelmed With Floridians Needing Public Assistance
You know things are bad when the people who are paid to help the folks applying for public assistance need help themselves. More than five million Americans are seeking unemployment benefits, the most since records of such things have been kept. Now Florida call centers (not pictured ... More >>
Calendar
July 22, 2004
Cheese-eating Movie Monkeys
Oui, oui, it's the French Film Mini Fest!

Browse Voice Nation

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

News

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Calendar

Calendar

Blogs

Calendar

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This