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Workforce Florida has made available a $2 million Quick Response Training Challenge Grant for employers in Florida’s logistics and trade industry, according to Chris Hart IV, president and CEO of the statewide work force policy board.

More than 110 Organizations Join NALEO Educational Fund in Support of Direct Assistance and Immigrant Integration Funding in Senate Legislation. 116 organizations signed on to a letter sent in opposition of amendments that would limit the ability of immigrants to complete the path to citizenship and fully integrate into society

Tallahassee, Florida - Florida's emergency management leaders are really creating a complicated and dangerous scenario for their annual hurricane drill this year.

Tallahassee, Florida – Florida’s unemployment rate drops to 7.2 percent – its lowest level in nearly five years.

Consumers will help keep economic growth on track this year, as new projections of their spending indicate it will offset the hit to the recovery from the federal government's automatic budget cuts, a panel of economists said Monday.

The National Assn. for Business Economics estimated that the nation's economic output would grow 2.4% this year, the same as the group projected in February.

That's up from 1.7% growth in 2012. And the organization said growth should pick up to 3% in 2014.

But in issuing a revised outlook, the panel of 49 professional forecasters said the automatic federal spending cuts known as sequestration would be a bigger drag on growth than anticipated three months ago.

At that time, before the cuts kicked in March 1, the potential impact was unclear as Washington politicians scrambled to scale them back or delay them.

The economists now project that government consumption expenditures and gross investment will decline 2.3% this year, more than double the 1% drop foreseen in February.

But consumer spending is looking stronger as the housing and labor market recovers.

The panel revised its projections for personal consumption expenditures, saying they would increase 2.3% this year, up from the 1.9% February projection.

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“As Florida’s trade and logistics industry grows, and prepares to take advantage of the expansion of the Panama Canal, removing the manufacturing and equipment sales tax will help ensure Florida can take advantage of these new opportunities, to double Florida-origin exports and create more high-skill, high-wage manufacturing jobs.”

JUPITER — Gov. Rick Scott made a campaign-style stop at a company that makes turbines for aircraft engines on Tuesday to trumpet the Florida legislature’s passage of a sales tax break for manufacturers.

ORLANDO, Fla.  - The U.S. Small Business Administration will sign a Strategic Alliance Memorandum (SAM) with the Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (FSHCC), Friday, May 17, as part of the opening ceremonies of the FSHCC-sponsored Puerto Rican Summit on Puerto Rican Affairs IV 2013.

GET FREE TIPS ON HOW TO PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS FROM STORM DAMAGES. Weather Expert Offers 2013 Hurricane Season Forecast During SBA/Agility Webinar

On this installment in our ongoing series, listen to an interview with CFO Jeff Atwater as he discusses the impacts of Small Business on Florida’s economy. “4 out of 5 Floridians Go to Work in a Small Business Every Day…They are the key.”