Friday's Afternoon Update
Florida unemployment drops to lowest level in 4 years
Florida's unemployment rate dropped to 7.7 percent last month, matching the national rate and plunging to its lowest point since October 2008, state data released today show. The state added 7,800 jobs last month, nudging the jobless rate down from January's revised rate of 7.9 percent. But the number of jobs created was still fewer than January, when the state added more than 15,000 jobs. More from the Tampa Bay Times and the AP.
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Florida House releases its education budget plan
Among the highlights, the House would set aside $674.6 million that school districts could use for raises, bump up per-student funding by 6.2 percent, and increase school recognition funding to $125 per student at receiving schools. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]
Florida ranks third in human trafficking complaints
When it comes to human sex trafficking, many people believe it doesn’t happen where they live. But Florida is one of the most common places for sex trafficking. In fact, according to the state attorney general, Florida ranks third in the country when it comes to the number of complaints they received into the National Human Trafficking Resource Center's human trafficking hotline. [Source: Central Florida News]
» FRIDAY PREVIEW: Coming next week to FloridaTrend.com:
- Economic Yearbook: FLORIDA TREND’S 45th edition of Economic Yearbook features a roundup of economic activity in each of Florida’s 67 counties plus statistics on jobs, homes and populations.
- Rich Floridians: Florida’s 25 wealthiest residents including Mike Fernandez, Florida’s newest billionaire.
- Richest neighborhoods: Florida's wealthiest zip codes.
» You'll find all these stories first on the Daily and Afternoon Pulse e-mails.
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