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Florida DeSantis wants to cut 1,000 jobs, but asks for $1 million to sue over Florida State’s football snub

The governor wants the money to sue the College Football Playoff committee over its decision to exclude Florida State University Seminoles from the college football championship playoff.

December 6, 2023 8:26 pm Associated Press Associated Press
Work Tampa Bay GOP Rep. Linda Chaney chaired the Pinellas County Legislative Delegation in Pinellas County on Oct. 26, 2023 (photo credit: Mitch Perry)
Work Proposed rollback of child labor law criticized as possible child exploitation

The proposed bill would amend current labor law in the state that says that 16- and 17-year-old are not allowed to work before 6:30 a.m. or after 11 p.m., or for more than eight hours a day when they have school the next day.

October 27, 2023 5:50 pm Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
Money View of the Miami Bay entrance channel in Miami, Florida during a heat wave on June 26, 2023. (Photo by Giorgio Viera / AFP) (Photo by GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)
Money FL gets $106 million from feds to help families pay energy bills

Households will be getting financial help to pay their energy bills — both cooling bills in summer and heating costs this winter — according to an announcement this week by the US Department of Health and Human Service (HHS).

October 27, 2023 5:38 pm Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
Work United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain walks with union members striking at Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., early Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Work Workers Strike Against Big 3 Automakers for First Time in History

The strikes will likely chart the future of the union and of America's homegrown auto industry at a time when US labor is flexing its might and the companies face a historic transition from building internal combustion automobiles to making electric vehicles.

September 15, 2023 2:06 pm Associated Press Associated Press
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Economy Home Insurance Prices Could Rise Again After Hurricane Idalia

This comes as Florida's property insurance market struggles to recover after a number of insurance companies fled the state citing the cost of intensifying storms every year during the Atlantic Hurricane Season.

September 6, 2023 7:49 pm Giselle Balido Giselle Balido

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Economy The administration’s show of support comes as unprecedented worker organizing — from strike authorizations to work stoppages — hit multiple industries this year, including, transportation, entertainment, hospitality and health care. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Economy As Strikes Continue, Biden Administration Highlights its Pro-Union Agenda

The administration’s show of support comes as unprecedented worker organizing — from strike authorizations to work stoppages — hit multiple industries this year, including, transportation, entertainment, hospitality and health care.

August 29, 2023 6:08 pm Associated Press Associated Press
Economy FILE - UPS teamsters and workers hold a rally, Friday, July 21, 2023, in Atlanta, as a national strike deadline nears. UPS has reached a contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union Tuesday, July 25, 2023, averting a strike that had the potential to disrupt logistics nationwide for businesses and households alike. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
Economy Teamsters and UPS Reach Tentative Deal to Avoid Strike, 340,000 Workers to Get Raises

The tentative deal represents a huge win for full- and part-time UPS Teamster workers, who would get significant pay raises and better working conditions. If approved by rank-and-file union members, the deal will also avert a strike that could have been one of the “costliest in US history."

July 25, 2023 5:18 pm Keya Vakil Keya Vakil