Interview with Mark Wilson of the Florida Chamber of Commerce

State and federal first responders including local government and nonprofit groups rushed to Florida’s Gulf Coast on Thursday to help with the recovery of a region that one city official said had been reduced by Hurricane Ian to “Paradise Lost.”

Business Beat - Week of September 30th

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Initial unemployment claims in Florida dipped last week, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Florida’s minimum wage will increase to $11 an hour on Friday, the second boost in a series of annual raises that will eventually bring it to $15 an hour.

The organization, spearheaded by celebrated chef José Andres, has become one of the world’s most recognized first-response efforts, delivering hot meals to the frontlines in response to humanitarian, climate or community crisis situations.