The American Conservative Union announced today that Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will be returning to the group’s annual Conservative Political Action Conference (known as CPAC) in February.
The MoveOn.org Miami Council will hold a rally outside West Homestead Elementary today to show their support for the American Jobs Act, which if approved would provide South Florida public schools with much needed cash.
In an op-ed, Florida congresswoman and Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz writes that the GOP is hoping the economy will fail, giving the GOP an edge against President Obama in the upcoming national election.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., yesterday joined Senate Republicans in stalling President Obama’s jobs bill.
According to new research from the Economic Policy Institute, about 2.8 million U.S. jobs were “eliminated or displaced” since 2001 because of the growing U.S.-China trade deficit. A Florida policy group reports that Florida alone shed about 114,000 jobs.
Tallahassee Regional Airport was recently awarded almost $13 million dollars from the federal government for a project that would upgrade the airport’s runways. A press release from the city of Tallahassee says the spending will “provide a boost to the local economy, with up to 160 workers being hired for the project.”
The Democratic National Committee is reaching out to Hispanics in a series of Spanish-language TV ads that promote the benefits of President Obama’s job act.
The Miami Herald is reporting that Florida’s unemployment rate stayed static at 10.7 percent from July to August.
Gov. Rick Scott stopped by MSNBC’s Morning Joe to talk about the GOP presidential race and Florida today. During the interview, he told the panel he is skeptical of President Obama’s jobs bill and wants Florida to be a “model for the country.”
A state-by-state look at the American Jobs Act, which President Obama presented to Congress last week, shows that Florida could gain thousands of education and infrastructure jobs. However, state GOP policymakers are already showing early signs that they might not participate in the president’s efforts.
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