The Senate's plan to expand gambling may net the state far less than its sponsor was predicting. ...more

March 31, 2009

The Seminole Tribe has exaggerated the economic benefits of a planned $3 billion expansion of its casino and convention sites, which will take workers and business away from existing Florida companies, a top state economist said Friday. ...more

March 21, 2009

Families are losing bus service. Middle school students are losing sleep and teachers are losing jobs as Florida's student population sinks with the economy. ...more

January 11, 2009

Families are losing bus service, middle school students are losing sleep and teachers are losing jobs as Florida's student population sinks with the economy. ...more

January 8, 2009

Florida's population growth crawled to a near standstill last year, in part the result of a national recession. ...more

January 5, 2009

How much money a county collects in sales taxes is one of the bigger indicators of the health of an economy. ...more

November 29, 2008

Bad economic news flooded in from all directions Friday, as state economists predicted tax collections would come up short by $1.4 billion and new figures showed that unemployment had soared to 7 percent. ...more

November 22, 2008

Campaign rhetoric from both political parties confirms that voters this November are looking for change. Certainly Floridians are looking to our leaders to propose effective solutions to pressing issues involving the real estate debacle, taxes and education, among others. ...more

September 25, 2008

Record plunges in state revenue are punching a $1.5 billion hole in the state budget this fiscal year, triggering emergency authority for Gov. Charlie Crist to dig into state reserves. ...more

August 16, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist said the property tax breaks that voters adopted in January would "fire up" the state's economic engine. ...more

July 17, 2008