TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 11 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida's annual private-sector job growth rate of 2.7 percent continues to outpace the national job growth rate of 2.1 percent. In the past year, 207,300 new private-sector jobs were created in Florida overall and 10,900 private-sector jobs were created in January. Florida's unemployment rate remains low at 3.4 percent. "Florida's economy is strong, bu  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 11 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Jacksonville area added 5,700 new private-sector jobs in the past year. The area's unemployment rate was 3.8 percent in January, down 0.1 percentage point in the past year. Statewide, Florida businesses created 10,900 new private-sector jobs in January 2019. To see the statewide job creation information, click here. The industry with the highest growth o  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, March 11 -- The University of North Florida issued the following news release: The University of North Florida's School of Nursing in the Brooks College of Health ranked No. 16 among the Best Registered Nursing Programs in the state. Over 150 RN programs in the state were reviewed for this ranking. UNF outranked local private college, Jacksonville University, 17, and bested three Florida state universities including University of Florida, 33; University of South Florida,  more