Part-time workers find full-time jobs elusive

Approximately 7.5 million Americans are struggling to find full-time work and settling for part-time jobs amid an atmosphere of stress, depression and low finances. Their numbers remains stubbornly higher in the current economic recovery, compared with the peaks of the recessions over the past three decades. [Source: McClatchy]

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Florida adds 8,740 private sector jobs in July

The State of Florida added 8,740 private sector jobs during the month of July, according to the ADP Regional Employment Report which is produced by ADP, in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics. [Source: Miami Herald]

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$11 billion later, high-speed rail is inching along

High-speed rail was supposed to be President Obama’s signature transportation project, but despite the administration spending nearly $11 billion since 2009 to develop faster passenger trains, the projects have gone mostly nowhere and the United States still lags far behind Europe and China. [Source: New York Times]

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Making money is part of new social mission for entrepreneurs

As nonprofits across the country struggle to diversify their revenue, a generation of older, more reliable donors is dying off, and government grant funding has grown increasingly fickle. Younger donors, especially millennials, tend to be drawn to causes in which they can take action [Source: Orlando Sentinel]

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Revamped early voting begins next week in Florida

Early voting in Florida's statewide primary election will get underway next week with more days and more locations in most counties, but probably far fewer voters. Shamed into action by the record wait times at early voting sites in 2012, the Legislature retooled early voting to give county elections supervisors more flexibility in hours and locations, which they had demanded for years. [Source: Tampa Bay Times]

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ALSO AROUND FLORIDA:

› Feds sue Florida manufacturing agency over travel, lobbying expenses [Orlando Sentinel]
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Orlando has sued the Celebration-based Florida Manufacturing Extension Partnership over $12.6 million in lobbying, travel and other expenses dating back nine years ago.

› Florida remains nation's space hub, Rubio says [WTSP]
Texas might have won a piece of SpaceX's business, but that company and others will continue to grow in Florida, too, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday after meetings with local space leaders.

› Florida may allow hunters to use silencers [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
Hunters of deer, turkey and other animals in Florida may soon be able to operate with lethal stealth under a state proposal to allow them to use silencers.

› Hospitals equip to serve severely obese patients [Tampa Bay Times]
Hospitals here and elsewhere are investing in design and equipment that can better serve the increasing number of severely obese patients while also protecting health care workers from injury due to lifting these patients.

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› Wages grew 1.7% in South Florida in a year [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]
Wage growth in South Florida slowed to a 1.7 percent increase in the year that ended June 30, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.

› Legislature to keep map changes simple [AP]
Florida legislators are returning to the state Capitol with a simple goal. And that's redraw the state's 27 congressional districts with as few changes as possible.

› Red Lobster announces location of new headquarters [Orlando Sentinel]
Red Lobster will establish its new headquarters and culinary center in downtown Orlando at CNL Tower 1 next to City Hall. Red Lobster will have three full floors in the building, plus the culinary center on the first floor, for 300 employees.

› American Airlines adding another Brazil connection in South Florida [South Florida Business Journal]
American Airlines said that it will add daily service between Miami International Airport and Viracopos International Airport in Campinas, Brazil.