Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Pensacola area added 2,700 new private-sector jobs in the past year. The area’s unemployment rate was 2.9 percent in May, down 0.3 percentage point from one year ago. The industry with the highest growth over the year in the Pensacola area was education and health services […]

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that May 2019 marked 50 consecutive months of the Orlando area having the highest job creation in the state, adding 38,700 new private-sector jobs in the past year. The unemployment rate in the Orlando area was 2.8 percent, down 0.3 percentage point from one year ago. The […]

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Miami area added 27,700 new private-sector jobs in the last year, creating the second-highest number of jobs among all Florida metro areas. The Miami area’s unemployment rate was 3.2 percent, down 0.5 percentage point from one year ago. The industry with the highest growth over the […]

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Jacksonville area added 12,500 new private-sector jobs in the past year. The area’s unemployment rate was 3.0 percent in May, down 0.2 percentage point from one year ago. The industry with the highest growth over the year in the Jacksonville area was leisure and hospitality with […]

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the Fort Lauderdale area added 11,700 new private-sector jobs in the past year. The Fort Lauderdale area’s unemployment rate was 3.0 percent in May, down 0.2 percentage point from one year ago. The industries with the highest growth over the year in the Fort Lauderdale area […]

Sarasota, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 1552: Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative. The bill establishes the Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Initiative as a partnership between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute and Mote Marine Laboratory to develop technologies and […]

Marathon, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Monroe County is receiving $21.1 million for Hurricane Irma recovery. This funding is awarded by the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) to reimburse the county for debris removal, emergency protective measures and damage to other facilities following Hurricane Irma’s landfall in Florida. The approval of […]

Marathon, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced an agreement with the Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing), providing $140 million for the construction of new affordable workforce housing to help address housing shortages worsened by Hurricane Irma. This funding is awarded by DEO’s Rebuild Florida program […]

Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Boeing announced that it is moving its Space and Launch Headquarters from Arlington, Va. to Titusville on Florida’s Space Coast. Below is what Governor DeSantis, state leaders and elected officials are saying about this important announcement: “Florida is the world’s premiere gateway to space and our commercial space industry continues to […]

Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Boeing announced that it is moving its Space and Launch Headquarters from Arlington, Va. to Titusville on Florida’s Space Coast. Below is what Governor DeSantis, state leaders and elected officials are saying about this important announcement: “Florida is the world’s premiere gateway to space and our commercial space industry continues to […]