Server saga shows lack of customer care
May 19, 2013
After 30 minutes on the phone with Duane Siebert, I'm pretty sure he's not crazy, but I'd understand if you wanted to argue the point.
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Incentives arms race isn't good business
May 12, 2013
Florida's elected officials can be generous to a fault – at least with your money.
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Jobless-claim process breeds frustration
May 5, 2013
In 2009, as Florida's labor market slid into a sinkhole, I wrote this about the state unemployment system.
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Veterans group complicates things for loan bill
April 28, 2013
It's funny how the vibe around a piece of legislation can change.
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Cash becomes king in Florida home sales
April 21, 2013
You're feeling a little better about the state's housing market, aren't you?
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Florida Chamber slams job-creation 'opponents'
April 14, 2013
Julie Norris doesn't seem like someone trying to topple capitalism.
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Orlando jobs machine cranks out low pay
April 7, 2013
The most interesting — and unsettling — numbers to emerge from February's unemployment report are tucked inside the annual job growth figures for Metro Orlando.
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Osceola is left wondering, where's Colt?
March 24, 2013
To appreciate just how badly state and local officials want to lure well-paying jobs to Florida, consider the case of Colt's Manufacturing Co.
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SunRail won't cure Orlando's traffic jams
March 17, 2013
There I was, happily reading a front-page story about plans to bring assorted rail projects to Orlando, when I ran face first into these statements from transit supporters:
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Don't snuff out smokers' chances for work
March 10, 2013
My mom smoked herself to death.
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Jobless now need email to get benefits
March 4, 2013
Gov. Rick Scott may be showing some new-found love for teachers, election reform and even the expansion of Medicaid, but his administration still takes a dim view of the unemployed.
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Why require jobless to have email to get benefits?
March 4, 2013
Gov. Rick Scott may be showing some new-found love for teachers, election reform and even the expansion of Medicaid, but his administration still takes a dim view of the unemployed.
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Florida may increase cost of consumer loans
February 24, 2013
So you have sketchy credit and need a short-term loan to pay some bills or make an unexpected car repair?
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Chamber paints frightening vision of Florida
February 17, 2013
Tell me this: When you lie down at night, and pull the comforter up under your chin, are you scared?
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Credit checks keep some people off the job
February 10, 2013
During the depths of the recession, I met a laid-off mechanic named Tommy Powers who was living in his pick-up truck, sleeping in its bed at night with his Labrador retriever.
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Struggle endures, years after layoffs
February 3, 2013
During the worst of the recession, employers didn't trim deadwood. They bulldozed the forest.
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With wages, only a handful getting richer
January 27, 2013
A while ago, I heard an economist say something startling about wages in America.